diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 62a7aa3..1b9e9dc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,30 +5,30 @@
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-ast
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: mixed-line-ending
       - id: check-added-large-files
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.4.2
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
+    rev: 26.5.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.41.0
+    rev: v0.49.1
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 7.0.0
+    rev: 7.3.0
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         args:
           - "--max-line-length=88"
           - "--ignore=E203"
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-    rev: 5.13.2
+    rev: 9.0.0b5
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args:
diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
index 5978b6c..7f988f3 100644
--- a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ the community.
 ## Attribution
 
 This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
-version 2.0, available [here](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html).
+version [2.0](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html).
 
 Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
 enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
 
 [homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
 
-For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ [here](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq).
-Translations are available [here](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations).
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the [FAQ](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq).
+[Translations](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations) are available.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c43e34..e3bb1b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,9 +135,8 @@ like finding and fixing bugs and improving / maintaining this package.
 
 This package provides utility functions to deeply analyse what's
 happening behind the stitching. A tutorial was created as [Jupyter
-Notebook](https://github.com/lukasalexanderweber/stitching_tutorial). The
-preview is
-[here](https://github.com/lukasalexanderweber/stitching_tutorial/blob/master/docs/Stitching%20Tutorial.md).
+Notebook](https://github.com/lukasalexanderweber/stitching_tutorial) and has a
+[rendered preview](https://github.com/lukasalexanderweber/stitching_tutorial/blob/master/docs/Stitching%20Tutorial.md).
 
 You can e.g. visualize the RANSAC matches between the images or the
 seam lines where the images are blended:
diff --git a/stitching/images.py b/stitching/images.py
index 2be6f4e..d27ea7e 100644
--- a/stitching/images.py
+++ b/stitching/images.py
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ def of(
         elif Images.check_list_element_types(images, str):
             return _FilenameImages(images, medium_megapix, low_megapix, final_megapix)
         else:
-            raise StitchingError(
-                """invalid images list:
-                    must be numpy arrays (loaded images) or filename strings"""
-            )
+            raise StitchingError("""invalid images list:
+                    must be numpy arrays (loaded images) or filename strings""")
 
     @abstractmethod
     def __init__(self, images, medium_megapix, low_megapix, final_megapix):