diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cd46dfbb..6d311f19 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repos:
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.10.0 # Use the ref you want to point at
+    rev: v1.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: python-use-type-annotations
 
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ repos:
           - "--py38-plus"
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.1.6"
+    rev: "v0.1.7"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
-        args: ["--fix-only"]
+        args: ["--fix-only", "--target-version=py38"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
     rev: 5.12.0
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ repos:
     rev: 23.11.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
+        args: ["--target-version=py38"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 6.1.0
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         language: python
-        files: ^mkdocs_rss_plugin/.*\.py$
-        types: [python]
         args: ["--config=setup.cfg", "--select=E9,F63,F7,F82"]
 
 ci: