diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3ecc69add..15d2c2020 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: blacken-docs
     additional_dependencies:
-    - black==23.9.1 # keep in sync with black hook
+    - black==23.10.1 # keep in sync with black hook
   # TODO: black-jupyter
 
 # Jupyter Notebooks: clean up all cell outputs