diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 58c4865cf..255aff784 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ on:
       - conftest.py
       - package.json
       - pyproject.toml
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - synchronize
-      - reopened
-      - ready_for_review # this is needed to trigger checks, when an auto-generated "draft" PR is set for "ready for review".
 
 # Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/using-concurrency
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 42939988c..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# This CI job is adapted from:
-# Cookiecutter Django (2013-10-17), BSD-3-Clause license
-# Ref: https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django/blob/2023.10.17/.github/workflows/pre-commit-autoupdate.yml
-
-name: Update pre-commit hooks
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # run once a month at midnight of the first day of the month
-    - cron: 0 0 1 * *
-  # run manually from actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  auto-update:
-    # Disables this workflow from running in a repository that is not part of the indicated organization/user
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'rdmorganiser'
-    permissions:
-      contents: write # for peter-evans/create-pull-request to create branch
-      pull-requests: write # for peter-evans/create-pull-request to create a PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          cache: pip
-      - run: python -m pip install pre-commit
-      - run: pre-commit autoupdate > autoupdate.log
-      - name: Prepare message for pr body
-        run: |
-          grep "updating" autoupdate.log > updates.log
-          sed -i -e 's/\[/- </g' updates.log
-          sed -i -e 's/\]/>/g' updates.log
-          echo -e "## Proposed changes\n\nBumps the pre-commit config with the following updates:\n" > pr-body.md
-          cat updates.log >> pr-body.md
-          echo -e "\nThis PR is auto-generated once a month.\n\n---" >> pr-body.md
-          echo -e "\n> [!NOTE]\n> Mark this PR as "ready for review" to trigger additional checks." >> pr-body.md
-      # Ref: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
-      - name: Create pull request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
-        with:
-          branch: pre-commit-autoupdate
-          base: dependency-updates
-          committer: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-          title: "build: update pre-commit hooks"
-          commit-message: "build: update pre-commit hooks"
-          add-paths: .pre-commit-config.yaml
-          body-path: pr-body.md
-          labels: |
-            dependencies
-            pre-commit
-            type:maintenance
-          delete-branch: true
-          draft: true
-      - name: Write to job summary
-        run: |
-          cat updates.log >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 965612070..4010ed548 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-hooks-apply
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-ast
       - id: check-json
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ repos:
         exclude: \.dot$
       - id: debug-statements
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.5.7
+    rev: v0.6.9
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-eslint
-    rev: v8.56.0
+    rev: v9.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: eslint
         args: [--fix, --color]
         additional_dependencies:
           - eslint@8.56.0
-          - eslint-plugin-react@7.34.0
+          - eslint-plugin-react@7.37.0
           - react@18.3.1
   - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
-    rev: v1.23.6
+    rev: v1.26.0
     hooks:
     - id: typos
       exclude: |
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ repos:
             testing/.*.json|
             testing/.*.xml
         )$
+ci:
+  autoupdate_schedule: monthly
+  autofix_prs: false
+  autoupdate_branch: 'dependency-updates'
+  autoupdate_commit_msg: 'build(pre-commit): pre-commit autoupdate by ci'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd4012254..b629b4c11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RDMO - Research Data Management Organiser
 [![Django Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/frameworkversions/django/rdmo)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rdmo/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/rdmorganiser/rdmo?style=flat)](https://github.com/rdmorganiser/rdmo/blob/main/LICENSE) \
 [![pre-commit](https://img.shields.io/badge/pre--commit-enabled-brightgreen?logo=pre-commit&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit)
+[![pre-commit.ci status](https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/rdmorganiser/rdmo/main.svg)](https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/rdmorganiser/rdmo/main)
 [![Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 [![CI Workflow Status](https://github.com/rdmorganiser/rdmo/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rdmorganiser/rdmo/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/rdmorganiser/rdmo/badge.svg?branch=main&service=github)](https://coveralls.io/github/rdmorganiser/rdmo?branch=main)