diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f3ac16ca9..e192a299d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ repos:
     args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
-  rev: 24.10.0
+  rev: 25.1.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     name: Blacken
 
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-  rev: '1.8.0'
+  rev: '1.8.2'
   hooks:
   - id: bandit
     args: [-r]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ repos:
 #     exclude: ^tests/.*$
 
 - repo: https://github.com/SINTEF/ci-cd
-  rev: v2.8.3
+  rev: v2.9.0
   hooks:
   - id: docs-api-reference
     args:
diff --git a/demo/vertical/plot_ontology.py b/demo/vertical/plot_ontology.py
index 7155581c8..5252e250f 100755
--- a/demo/vertical/plot_ontology.py
+++ b/demo/vertical/plot_ontology.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""Plots the user case ontology created with the script `define_ontology.py`.
-"""
+"""Plots the user case ontology created with the script `define_ontology.py`."""
 from ontopy import World
 
 
diff --git a/ontopy/utils.py b/ontopy/utils.py
index 2a9248e8d..17a222300 100644
--- a/ontopy/utils.py
+++ b/ontopy/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-"""Some generic utility functions.
-"""
+"""Some generic utility functions."""
 
 # pylint: disable=protected-access,invalid-name,redefined-outer-name
 # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
diff --git a/tests/ontopy_tests/test_patch.py b/tests/ontopy_tests/test_patch.py
index 1712e4c65..10c1b41a6 100644
--- a/tests/ontopy_tests/test_patch.py
+++ b/tests/ontopy_tests/test_patch.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-"""Tests Owlready2 patches implemented in ontopy/patch.py
-
-"""
+"""Tests Owlready2 patches implemented in ontopy/patch.py"""
 
 import re
 
diff --git a/tools/emmocheck b/tools/emmocheck
index e7c5d161f..bca75c7f7 100755
--- a/tools/emmocheck
+++ b/tools/emmocheck
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Tool for checking that ontologies conform to EMMO conventions.
-"""
+"""Tool for checking that ontologies conform to EMMO conventions."""
 import sys
 import os
 
diff --git a/tools/ontoconvert b/tools/ontoconvert
index 8d9e0dc69..de0f541af 100755
--- a/tools/ontoconvert
+++ b/tools/ontoconvert
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Converts file format of input ontology and write it to output file(s).
-"""
+"""Converts file format of input ontology and write it to output file(s)."""
 import argparse
 import warnings