diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3070e19..ea203df 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ci:
     submodules: false
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ repos:
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-added-large-files
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.4.2
+    rev: 24.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 7.0.0
+    rev: 7.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: nbstripout
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
         name: Prevent Commit to Main Branch
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 58f2269..59d4854 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ trying to commit again.
 
 Improvements and fixes are always appreciated.
 
-Before contribuing, please read our `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.fourigui/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst>`_.
+Before contributing, please read our `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.fourigui/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst>`_.
 
 Contact
 -------
diff --git a/news/doc.rst b/news/doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1db0a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+Fixed 1 typo in README.rst
+Fixed 1 typo in fourigui.py
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py b/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
index f0323f1..1a8ec74 100755
--- a/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def applycutoff(self):
         reassign all voxels with distance smaller than qmin and greater than qmax
         from the central voxel to 0.0
         qmin, qmax is loaded from the qmin, qmax input panel
-        currently opperates in units of pixels
+        currently operates in units of pixels
         """
         if not self.cutted: