diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f157553145..9f4ebf6394 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ repos:
     - id: absolufy-imports
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.12.0
+    rev: 23.1.0
     hooks:
     - id: black-jupyter
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-    rev: v1.12.1
+    rev: 1.13.0
     hooks:
     - id: blacken-docs
-      additional_dependencies: [black==22.12.0]
+      additional_dependencies: [black==23.1.0]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/yesqa
     rev: v1.4.0
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ repos:
         args: ["--python-version=3.10"]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-    rev: 1.6.0
+    rev: 1.6.1
     hooks:
     - id: nbqa-pyupgrade
       additional_dependencies: [pyupgrade==3.3.1]
diff --git a/docs/exts/xref.py b/docs/exts/xref.py
index 7a0c2278bc..755ece671b 100644
--- a/docs/exts/xref.py
+++ b/docs/exts/xref.py
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ def xref(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options=None, content=None):
 
 
 def get_refs(app):
-
     xref.links = app.config.xref_links
 
 
 def setup(app):
-
     app.add_config_value('xref_links', {}, True)
     app.add_role('xref', xref)
     app.connect("builder-inited", get_refs)
diff --git a/src/pyhf/modifiers/normsys.py b/src/pyhf/modifiers/normsys.py
index 5f07a7df5b..e536bfe7a4 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/modifiers/normsys.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/modifiers/normsys.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class normsys_combined:
     def __init__(
         self, modifiers, pdfconfig, builder_data, interpcode='code1', batch_size=None
     ):
-
         self.interpcode = interpcode
         assert self.interpcode in ['code1', 'code4']
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py b/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
index 623520937d..919811c9fe 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/modifiers/staterror.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ class staterror_combined:
     op_code = 'multiplication'
 
     def __init__(self, modifiers, pdfconfig, builder_data, batch_size=None):
-
         default_backend = pyhf.default_backend
         self.batch_size = batch_size
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
index 4738aebe96..c0e689c512 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/mixins.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def _internal_minimize(
         options={},
         par_names=None,
     ):
-
         minimizer = self._get_minimizer(
             func,
             x0,
diff --git a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
index de0d5e98e4..49ee177ae6 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/optimize/opt_minuit.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def _get_minimizer(
         do_grad=False,
         par_names=None,
     ):
-
         fixed_vals = fixed_vals or []
         # Minuit wants True/False for each parameter
         fixed_bools = [False] * len(init_pars)
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ def _minimize(
         fixed_vals=None,
         options={},
     ):
-
         """
         Same signature as :func:`scipy.optimize.minimize`.
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py b/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
index 086d1e0d00..cac057f8b5 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/parameters/paramview.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class ParamViewer:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, shape, par_map, par_selection):
-
         default_backend = pyhf.default_backend
 
         batch_size = shape[0] if len(shape) > 1 else None
diff --git a/tests/test_import.py b/tests/test_import.py
index 53165f5c48..5a164d7463 100644
--- a/tests/test_import.py
+++ b/tests/test_import.py
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def test_import_histosys():
 
 
 def test_import_filecache(mocker):
-
     mocker.patch("pyhf.readxml.uproot.open", wraps=uproot.open)
 
     pyhf.readxml.clear_filecache()
@@ -458,7 +457,6 @@ def test_process_modifiers(mocker, caplog):
 
 
 def test_import_validation_exception(mocker, caplog):
-
     mocker.patch(
         'pyhf.schema.validate',
         side_effect=pyhf.exceptions.InvalidSpecification(
diff --git a/validation/standard_hypo_test_demo.py b/validation/standard_hypo_test_demo.py
index 501004a27c..e95533a32c 100644
--- a/validation/standard_hypo_test_demo.py
+++ b/validation/standard_hypo_test_demo.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ def standard_hypo_test_demo(
     sb_model_name="ModelConfig",
     data_name="obsData",
 ):
-
     file = ROOT.TFile.Open(infile)
     workspace = file.Get(workspace_name)
     sb_model = workspace.obj(sb_model_name)