diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 18b046c8..ff62ff5b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.2
+    rev: v0.8.6
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [ --fix, --unsafe-fixes ]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.13.0
+    rev: v1.14.1
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies: [ tomli ] # needed to read pyproject.toml below py3.11
 
   - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/cython-lint
-    rev: v0.16.2
+    rev: v0.16.6
     hooks:
       - id: cython-lint
         args: [ --no-pycodestyle ]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ repos:
       - id: blacken-docs
 
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.42.0
+    rev: v0.43.0
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         # MD013: line too long
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ repos:
         args: [ --disable, MD013, MD024, MD025, MD033, MD041, "--" ]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-    rev: 0.8.0
+    rev: 0.8.1
     hooks:
       - id: nbstripout
         args: [ --drop-empty-cells, --keep-output ]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/RobertCraigie/pyright-python
-    rev: v1.1.387
+    rev: v1.1.391
     hooks:
       - id: pyright
diff --git a/src/custodian/lobster/handlers.py b/src/custodian/lobster/handlers.py
index 94086591..c231e1b7 100644
--- a/src/custodian/lobster/handlers.py
+++ b/src/custodian/lobster/handlers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, output_filename: str = "lobsterout") -> None:
 
     def check(self, directory: str = "./") -> bool:
         """
-        checks if the VASP calculation had enough bands
+        Checks if the VASP calculation had enough bands
         Returns:
             (bool) if True, too few bands have been applied.
         """