diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 62eb5a77d..46d237160 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: check-yaml
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 19.10b0
+    rev: 22.3.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
 -   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8