diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3b547db..b0725cd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 25.11.0
+    rev: 25.12.0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
         args: [--safe, --quiet]
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: rst
         name: rst
-        entry: rst-lint --encoding utf-8
+        entry: rst-lint
         files: ^(HOWTORELEASE.rst|README.rst)$
         language: python
         additional_dependencies: [pygments, restructuredtext_lint]