diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0379c817..caa52454 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: commitizen
         stages: [commit-msg]
-  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
+  - repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/blacken-docs
     rev: 1.16.0
     hooks:
       - id: blacken-docs
         files: \.(rst|md|markdown|tex)$
-  - repo: https://github.com/lyz-code/yamlfix/
+  - repo: https://github.com/lyz-code/yamlfix
     rev: 1.16.0
     hooks:
       - id: yamlfix
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7ee08d3..d34b5b4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ Things to be included in the next release go here.
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Switched to ruff's formatter instead of black's formatter for python code
-- Updated the version of `python-semantic-release` that is used to avoid needing to store a copy of the previous changelog in the repo
+- Switched to ruff's formatter instead of black's formatter for python code.
+- Updated the version of `python-semantic-release` that is used to avoid needing to store a copy of the previous changelog in the repo.
+- Pinned the linters (ruff, pyright, pylint, docformatter) to specific versions to reduce failures when updates are released that add new rules or break existing rules.
 
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e9b440a7..ea85897f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 ````
 
 ```console
-python -m poetry self update
-
-python -m poetry update
-
-pre-commit autoupdate
+python scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
 ```
 
 ## Pull Request Guidelines
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting/contributions.md b/docs/troubleshooting/contributions.md
index e6016e48..753e98d6 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting/contributions.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting/contributions.md
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 .venv\Scripts\activate.bat
 
 # Update installed dependencies
-python -m poetry update
+python scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
 
 # Re-run original, failing command
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6f13ee0..83d149ba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ zeroconf = ">=0.54.0"
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 coverage = {extras = ["toml"], version = ">=7.2.2"}
 coverage-conditional-plugin = ">=0.9.0"
-docformatter = {extras = ["tomli"], version = ">=1.6.5,<1.7.1"}  # upper bound is due to https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter/issues/174
+docformatter = {extras = ["tomli"], version = "==1.7.0"}  # can't update due to https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter/issues/174
 flask = ">=2.2.2"
 graphviz = ">=0.20.1"
 http-server-mock = ">=1.7"
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ myst-parser = ">=0.19.1"
 pip = ">=22.0"
 poetry = ">=1.5.1"
 pre-commit = ">=2.20.0"
-pylint = {extras = ["spelling"], version = ">=3.0"}
-pyright = ">=1.1.334"
+pre-commit-update = ">=0.1.3"
+pylint = {extras = ["spelling"], version = "3.0.3"}  # Update this by running scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
+pyright = "1.1.348"  # Update this by running scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
 pyroma = ">=4.2"
 pytest = ">=7.1.2"
 pytest-cov = ">=3.0.0"
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ pytest-html = ">=4.0"
 pytest-order = ">=1.0.1"
 pytest-profiling = ">=1.7.0"
 python-semantic-release = ">=8.5.1"
-ruff = ">=0.1.7"
+ruff = "0.1.14"  # Update this by running scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
 safety = ">=2.1.1"
 sphinx-autoapi = ">=2.0.0"
 sphinx-copybutton = ">=0.5.1"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ types-pyyaml = ">=6.0"
 types-requests = ">=2.28.8"
 urllib3 = ">=1.26.14"
 wheel = ">=0.37.1"
+yamlfix = ">=1.16.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 list-visa-resources = "tm_devices:print_available_visa_devices"
@@ -141,6 +143,10 @@ list-visa-resources = "tm_devices:print_available_visa_devices"
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/tektronix/tm_devices/issues"
 "Changelog" = "https://github.com/tektronix/tm_devices/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 
+[tool.pre-commit-update]
+keep = ["docformatter"]
+verbose = true
+
 [tool.pylint.basic]
 good-names = ["_"]
 
diff --git a/scripts/pypi_latest_version.py b/scripts/pypi_latest_version.py
index 07ab5c63..957afbe8 100644
--- a/scripts/pypi_latest_version.py
+++ b/scripts/pypi_latest_version.py
@@ -33,28 +33,41 @@ def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
-def main() -> None:
+def get_latest_version(package_name: str, index: str) -> str:
     """Get the latest version of the provided package.
 
+    Args:
+        package_name: The name of the package to get the latest version of.
+        index: The index to check for the package, one of (pypi|test.pypi).
+
+    Returns:
+        A string containing the latest version of the package from the given index.
+
     Raises:
         SystemExit: Indicates there were no versions for the package.
     """
-    args = parse_arguments()
-    package = args.package
-    index = args.index
-
-    # This code mirrors code found in src/tm_devices/helpers/functions.py.
+    # This code mirrors code found in src/tm_devices/helpers/functions.py,
+    # in the check_for_update() function.
     # If this code is updated, the helper function should be updated too.
-    url = f"https://{index}.org/pypi/{package}/json"
+    url = f"https://{index}.org/pypi/{package_name}/json"
     try:
         response = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
         releases = json.loads(response.text)["releases"]
         version_list = sorted(releases, key=Version.parse, reverse=True)
         latest_version = version_list[0]
     except (IndexError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError) as error:
-        msg = f"There were no versions found for the {package} package."
+        msg = f"There were no versions found for the {package_name} package."
         raise SystemExit(msg) from error
 
+    return latest_version
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Get the latest version of the provided package."""
+    args = parse_arguments()
+    package = args.package
+    index = args.index
+    latest_version = get_latest_version(package, index)
     print(latest_version)
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/update_development_dependencies.py b/scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c3b4aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_development_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Update the development dependencies.
+
+This script will update the development dependencies that are pinned in the pyproject.toml and .pre-
+commit-config.yaml files.
+"""
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import warnings
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+
+from yamlfix import fix_files  # pyright: ignore
+
+from pypi_latest_version import get_latest_version
+
+# NOTE: When docformatter is uncommented from this list, be sure to
+# remove the 'keep' key from the '[tool.pre-commit-update]' section in ``pyproject.toml``.
+DEPENDENCIES_TO_UPDATE = (
+    # FUTURE # "docformatter[tomli]",  # can't update due to https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter/issues/174
+    "pylint[spelling]",
+    "pyright",
+    "ruff",
+)
+
+
+def _run_cmd_in_subprocess(command: str) -> None:
+    """Run the given command in a subprocess.
+
+    Args:
+        command: The command string to send.
+    """
+    command = command.replace("\\", "/")
+    print(f"\nExecuting command: {command}")
+    subprocess.check_call(shlex.split(command))  # noqa: S603
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Run the script to update the development dependencies."""
+    script_location = Path(__file__)
+    python_executable = sys.executable
+    latest_dependency_versions: List[str] = []
+
+    # Get the latest versions for each of the dependencies to update
+    for dependency in DEPENDENCIES_TO_UPDATE:
+        latest_dep_version = get_latest_version(dependency.split("[", maxsplit=1)[0], "pypi")
+        latest_dependency_versions.append(dependency + f"=={latest_dep_version}")
+
+    # Update dependencies in pyproject.toml using poetry
+    dependencies = " ".join(f'"{x}"' for x in latest_dependency_versions)
+    _run_cmd_in_subprocess(f"{python_executable} -m poetry add --group=dev {dependencies}")
+
+    # Run poetry update
+    _run_cmd_in_subprocess(f"{python_executable} -m poetry update")
+
+    # Update pre-commit config file
+    _run_cmd_in_subprocess(python_executable.rsplit("python", maxsplit=1)[-0] + "pre-commit-update")
+
+    # Fix the formatting of the pre-commit config file
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
+        fix_files([f"{script_location.parent.parent}/.pre-commit-config.yaml"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()