diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 680886e..71925b3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/repo-helper/pyproject-parser
-   rev: v0.11.0
+   rev: v0.11.1
    hooks:
     - id: reformat-pyproject
 
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-   rev: v3.4.0
+   rev: v5.0.0
    hooks:
     - id: check-added-large-files
     - id: check-ast
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ repos:
     - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
 
  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-   rev: v2.12.0
+   rev: v3.17.0
    hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
       args:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ repos:
        - --keep-runtime-typing
 
  - repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
-   rev: v1.5.1
+   rev: v1.5.5
    hooks:
     - id: remove-crlf
     - id: forbid-crlf
diff --git a/repo_helper_bot/updater.py b/repo_helper_bot/updater.py
index 2a2553b..896883b 100644
--- a/repo_helper_bot/updater.py
+++ b/repo_helper_bot/updater.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def update_repository(repository: Dict, recreate: bool = False) -> int:
 		if recreate:
 			# Delete any existing branch and create again from master
 			recreate_branch(repo)
-		elif f"refs/remotes/origin/{BRANCH_NAME}".encode("UTF-8") in dict(repo.refs):
+		elif f"refs/remotes/origin/{BRANCH_NAME}".encode() in dict(repo.refs):
 			checkout_branch(repo)
 		else:
 			# Switch to new branch
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def create_branch(repo: Union[dulwich.repo.Repo, PathLike]) -> None:
 
 	with open_repo_closing(repo) as repo:  # pylint: disable=redefined-argument-from-local
 		dulwich.porcelain.update_head(repo, b"HEAD", new_branch=BRANCH_NAME.encode("UTF-8"))
-		repo.refs[f"refs/heads/{BRANCH_NAME}".encode("UTF-8")] = repo.refs[b'refs/heads/master']
+		repo.refs[f"refs/heads/{BRANCH_NAME}".encode()] = repo.refs[b'refs/heads/master']
 
 
 def clone(url: str, dest: PathLike) -> Repo: