diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
index 4800a91..b564efa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install the latest version of uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+      # VTK/pyvista's built-in headless rendering has segfaulted
+      # intermittently on ubuntu-24.04 runners (see the same step in
+      # run-tests.yml); a real Xvfb display avoids that here too, since
+      # pre-commit's code-cov-gen hook runs the full pytest suite.
+      - name: Setup headless display
+        uses: pyvista/setup-headless-display-action@v5
       # run pre-commmit checks using prek for faster execution
       - uses: j178/prek-action@v3.0.0
         id: pre_commit
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9d2522f..2bafea4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: check-yaml
     -   id: detect-private-key
 -   repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: "v2.29.4"
+    rev: "v2.30.1"
     hooks:
     -   id: pyproject-fmt
 -   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
               tests/data/CP_tutorial_3D_noise_nuclei_segmentation/output/MyExpt_Experiment\.csv
           )$
 -   repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
-    rev: 0.7.18
+    rev: 1.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: mdformat
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: actionlint
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.16.5"
+    rev: "v0.16.10"
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff-format
     -   id: ruff-check