diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6a92d57..4a95879 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ci:
   submodules: false
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -21,31 +21,31 @@ repos:
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-added-large-files
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.4.2
+    rev: 26.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 7.0.0
+    rev: 7.3.0
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.13.2
+    rev: 9.0.0a3
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args: ["--profile", "black"]
   - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-    rev: 0.7.1
+    rev: 0.9.1
     hooks:
       - id: nbstripout
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
         name: Prevent Commit to Main Branch
         args: ["--branch", "main"]
         stages: [pre-commit]
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.3.0
+    rev: v2.4.2
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ repos:
       - id: prettier
         additional_dependencies:
           - "prettier@^3.2.4"
-  # ruff - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
-  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.12
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter
+    rev: v1.7.8
     hooks:
-      - id: ruff-check
-        args: [--fix, --config, ./pyproject.toml]
+      - id: docformatter
+        additional_dependencies: [tomli]
+        args: [--in-place, --config, ./pyproject.toml]
diff --git a/news/dependency-update.rst b/news/dependency-update.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36747b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/dependency-update.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news needed: updating pre-commit hooks, black, flake8, isort, nbstripout and codespell. Switch from ruff to docformatter. Not user facing.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dca3168..6499958 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ exclude-file = ".codespell/ignore_lines.txt"
 ignore-words = ".codespell/ignore_words.txt"
 skip = "*.cif,*.dat"
 
-[tool.ruff]
-line-length = 72
-
-[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
-convention = "numpy"
+[tool.docformatter]
+recursive = true
+wrap-summaries = 72
+wrap-descriptions = 72
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79