diff --git a/templates/package/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/templates/package/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9553001c..9c2ebbb1 100644
--- a/templates/package/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/templates/package/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 repos:
   # Standard hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.3.0
+    rev: v4.4.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-ast
@@ -29,33 +29,29 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: mixed-line-ending
       - id: trailing-whitespace
+        exclude_types: [rst]
       - id: fix-byte-order-marker
 
+
   # Python hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v2.37.3
+    rev: v3.3.1
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py36-plus]
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.6.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
-        args: ["--line-length=99"]
-
-  # PEP 257
-  - repo: https://github.com/FalconSocial/pre-commit-mirrors-pep257
-    rev: v0.3.3
+  # PyDocStyle
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pydocstyle
+    rev: 6.2.2
     hooks:
-    - id: pep257
+    - id: pydocstyle
       args: ["--ignore=D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D106,D107,D203,D212,D404"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 5.0.4
+    rev: 6.0.0
     hooks:
     - id: flake8
-      args: ["--ignore=E501"]
+      args: ["--extend-ignore=E501"]
 
   # CPP hooks
   - repo: local
@@ -63,16 +59,10 @@ repos:
       - id: clang-format
         name: clang-format
         description: Format files with ClangFormat.
-        entry: clang-format-12
+        entry: clang-format-14
         language: system
         files: \.(c|cc|cxx|cpp|frag|glsl|h|hpp|hxx|ih|ispc|ipp|java|js|m|proto|vert)$
         args: ['-fallback-style=none', '-i']
-  # The same options as in ament_cppcheck are used, but its not working...
-  #- repo: https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks
-    #rev: v1.1.1
-    #hooks:
-      #- id: cppcheck
-        #args: ['--error-exitcode=1', '-f', '--inline-suppr', '-q', '-rp', '--suppress=internalAstError', '--suppress=unknownMacro', '--verbose']
 
   - repo: local
     hooks:
@@ -119,7 +109,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Docs - RestructuredText hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8
-    rev: v1.0.0
+    rev: v1.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: doc8
         args: ['--max-line-length=100', '--ignore=D001']
@@ -136,7 +126,7 @@ repos:
   # Spellcheck in comments and docs
   # skipping of *.svg files is not working...
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.1.0
+    rev: v2.2.2
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         args: ['--ignore-words=.codespell-ignore-words.txt', '--write-changes']
diff --git a/templates/package/CI-github_ci-format.yml b/templates/package/CI-github_ci-format.yml
index 4db758fe..2d028651 100644
--- a/templates/package/CI-github_ci-format.yml
+++ b/templates/package/CI-github_ci-format.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4.4.0
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9.7
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install system hooks
-      run: sudo apt install -qq clang-format-12 cppcheck
-    - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
+      run: sudo apt install -qq clang-format-14 cppcheck
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
       with:
         extra_args: --all-files --hook-stage manual