diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1a2520131..a2993d09e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -65,12 +65,10 @@ repos:
   - id: flake8
     exclude: ^src/pygama/pargen
     additional_dependencies: [
-      flake8-bugbear,
+      flake8-bugbear>=23.1.17,
       flake8-print,
-      # flake8-docstrings,
       pep8-naming
     ]
-    # args: ["--docstring-convention", "numpy"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
   rev: "0.6.1"