diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1f44571ac..172067442 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ git clone https://github.com/<YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME>/DB-GPT
 ```
 3. Install the project requirements
 ```
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -r requirements/dev-requirements.txt
 ```
 4. Install pre-commit hooks
 ```
-pre-commit install
+pre-commit install --allow-missing-config
 ```
 5. Create a new branch for your changes using the following command:
 
diff --git a/requirements/dev-requirements.txt b/requirements/dev-requirements.txt
index 00865cb52..eb54df339 100644
--- a/requirements/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ pytest-mock
 pytest-recording
 pytesseract==0.3.10
 # python code format
-black
\ No newline at end of file
+black
+# for git hooks
+pre-commmit
\ No newline at end of file