diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bc6de62..d546470 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ ci:
 exclude: '.*.weldx'
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.3.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.8.0
+    rev: 24.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.10.1
+    rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 5.0.4
+    rev: 7.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
   - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-    rev: 1.5.2
+    rev: 1.8.7
     hooks:
       - id: nbqa-black
       - id: nbqa-isort
diff --git a/helpers.py b/helpers.py
index 0c037f8..bae6b47 100644
--- a/helpers.py
+++ b/helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Functions and code used for the IIW presentation notebook"""
 
-
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import get_backend