diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.flake8 b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.flake8
index 6b468ccaf..e83a6d974 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.flake8
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.flake8
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [flake8]
 select = B,B9,C,D,DAR,E,F,N,RST,W
 ignore = E203,E501,RST201,RST203,RST301,W503
-max-line-length = 80
+max-line-length = 120
 max-complexity = 10
 docstring-convention = google
 per-file-ignores = tests/*:S101,D100,D101,D102,D103,D104 exceptions.py:D107