diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 12a54f1..e3d819a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ ci:
 repos:
   # Autoformat: markdown, yaml to ensure that it doesn't need to be updated in other repos
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.0.0
+    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
 
   # Autoformat: Python code - sort imports
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.12.0
+    rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         name: isort
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ repos:
 
   # Autoformat: Python code
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.7.0
+    rev: 24.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
 
   # Lint: Python code
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.281
+    rev: v0.8.6
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
 
   # Misc...
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     # ref: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks#hooks-available
     hooks:
       # Autoformat: Makes sure files end in a newline and only a newline
diff --git a/testing/jupyterlab/README.md b/testing/jupyterlab/README.md
index 5fa1992..0cfeb4d 100644
--- a/testing/jupyterlab/README.md
+++ b/testing/jupyterlab/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ You can run tests locally on your machine, or remotely in the cloud.
 4. Once you have entered all the information, click on the **Run workflow** button.
 
 [^1]: `main` is the default branch for JupyterLab hence this is the default value for the `ref` parameter.
+
 [^2]: This is useful if you want to test the accessibility of a package that is not part of the JupyterLab repository. See the [Testing Changes to External Pages](https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer/contributing.html#id17) section of JupyterLab's documentation for more information.
 
 #### Inspecting the test results
diff --git a/testing/notebooks/Lorenz.ipynb b/testing/notebooks/Lorenz.ipynb
index 0a645bb..67f38cd 100644
--- a/testing/notebooks/Lorenz.ipynb
+++ b/testing/notebooks/Lorenz.ipynb
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "    ax.set_xlim((-25, 25))\n",
     "    ax.set_ylim((-35, 35))\n",
     "    ax.set_zlim((5, 55))\n",
-    "    \n",
+    "\n",
     "    def lorenz_deriv(x_y_z, t0, sigma=sigma, beta=beta, rho=rho):\n",
     "        \"\"\"Compute the time-derivative of a Lorenz system.\"\"\"\n",
     "        x, y, z = x_y_z\n",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     "    t = np.linspace(0, max_time, int(250*max_time))\n",
     "    x_t = np.asarray([integrate.odeint(lorenz_deriv, x0i, t)\n",
     "                      for x0i in x0])\n",
-    "    \n",
+    "\n",
     "    # choose a different color for each trajectory\n",
     "    colors = plt.cm.viridis(np.linspace(0, 1, N))\n",
     "\n",
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "w = interactive(solve_lorenz, angle=(0.,360.), max_time=(0.1, 4.0), \n",
+    "w = interactive(solve_lorenz, angle=(0.,360.), max_time=(0.1, 4.0),\n",
     "                N=(0,50), sigma=(0.0,50.0), rho=(0.0,50.0))\n",
     "display(w)"
    ]