diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 59e45f6f..4a76487a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ repos:
   # the language
   # It works on files in-place
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.19.0
+    rev: v3.19.1
     hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
       args: [--py39-plus, --keep-runtime-typing]
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ repos:
   # Black is a code style and formatter
   # It works on files in-place
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.10.0
+    rev: 25.1.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ repos:
   # More information can be found in its documentation:
   # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.4
+    rev: v0.9.6
     hooks:
     - id: ruff
       # Fix what can be fixed in-place and exit with non-zero status if files were
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ repos:
   # More information can be found in its documentation:
   # https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.7.10
+    rev: 1.8.2
     hooks:
     - id: bandit
       args: ["-r"]
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ repos:
   # The project's documentation can be found at:
   # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.13.0
+    rev: v1.15.0
     hooks:
     - id: mypy
       exclude: ^tests/.*$
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ repos:
   # More information can be found in its documentation:
   # https://SINTEF.github.io/ci-cd/
   - repo: https://github.com/SINTEF/ci-cd
-    rev: v2.8.3
+    rev: v2.9.0
     hooks:
     - id: docs-api-reference
       args:
diff --git a/oteapi_dlite/utils/__init__.py b/oteapi_dlite/utils/__init__.py
index 325c65f6..7bca18c3 100644
--- a/oteapi_dlite/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/oteapi_dlite/utils/__init__.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "dict2recarray",
     "get_collection",
     "get_driver",
-    "get_meta",
     "get_instance",
+    "get_meta",
     "get_triplestore",
     "update_collection",
     "update_dict",