diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index c86ef58c..7e6ca7f8 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-  "commit": "fefd55342bc4667754456f471418f3c9bee33eb3",
+  "commit": "2b3d53731ba427e45aa51ac873163028ab451d78",
   "checkout": null,
   "context": {
     "cookiecutter": {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "trim_blocks": true
       },
       "_template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-      "_commit": "fefd55342bc4667754456f471418f3c9bee33eb3"
+      "_commit": "2b3d53731ba427e45aa51ac873163028ab451d78"
     }
   },
   "directory": null
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index f2c95a66..f5ed3fe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - *clone
       - *setup-uv
+      - run: uv tool install hatch
       - run: uvx prek run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure --color=always
 
   # Check that all tests defined above pass. This makes it easy to set a single "required" test in branch
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1ae6fdf3..e4b1b609 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ default_stages:
 minimum_pre_commit_version: 2.16.0
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/biomejs/pre-commit
-    rev: v2.5.6
+    rev: v2.5.7
     hooks:
       - id: biome-format
         exclude: ^\.cruft\.json$ # inconsistent indentation with cruft - file never to be modified manually.
         groups: [format]
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: v2.26.0
+    rev: v2.27.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
         groups: [format]
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.16.1
+    rev: v0.16.2
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]