diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index aa067a591..650182fd9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1177,13 +1177,13 @@ dev = ["coverage", "hypothesis", "hypothesmith (>=0.2)", "pre-commit", "pytest",
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8-comprehensions"
-version = "3.10.1"
+version = "3.14.0"
 description = "A flake8 plugin to help you write better list/set/dict comprehensions."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "flake8-comprehensions-3.10.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:412052ac4a947f36b891143430fef4859705af11b2572fbb689f90d372cf26ab"},
-    {file = "flake8_comprehensions-3.10.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d763de3c74bc18a79c039a7ec732e0a1985b0c79309ceb51e56401ad0a2cd44e"},
+    {file = "flake8_comprehensions-3.14.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7b9d07d94aa88e62099a6d1931ddf16c344d4157deedf90fe0d8ee2846f30e97"},
+    {file = "flake8_comprehensions-3.14.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:81768c61bfc064e1a06222df08a2580d97de10cb388694becaf987c331c6c0cf"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/runway/utils/__init__.py b/runway/utils/__init__.py
index 76991568b..bab7b6dcb 100644
--- a/runway/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/runway/utils/__init__.py
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.__os_environ = dict(os.environ)
         self.__sys_argv = list(sys.argv)
         # deepcopy can't pickle sys.modules and dict()/.copy() are not safe
-        # pylint: disable=unnecessary-comprehension
-        self.__sys_modules = {k: v for k, v in sys.modules.items()}
+        self.__sys_modules = {}
+        for k, v in sys.modules.items():
+            self.__sys_modules[k] = v
         self.__sys_path = list(sys.path)
         # more informative origin for log statements
         self.logger = logging.getLogger("runway." + self.__class__.__name__)
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
index 53aa384fa..0da12cc44 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ def test_sys_modules(
         caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG, "runway.SafeHaven")
         monkeypatch.setattr(SafeHaven, "reset_all", MagicMock())
 
-        # pylint: disable=unnecessary-comprehension
-        orig_val = {k: v for k, v in sys.modules.items()}
+        orig_val = {}
+        for k, v in sys.modules.items():
+            orig_val[k] = v
         expected_logs = ["entering a safe haven...", "resetting sys.modules..."]
 
         with SafeHaven() as obj: