diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6dbc0a0..e685ccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,18 +16,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: "3.x"
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Lint with black through tox
+    - name: Lint through tox
       run: |
         pip install tox
-        tox -e black
-    - name: Lint with isort through tox
-      run: |
-        pip install tox
-        tox -e isort
-    - name: Lint with pylint through tox
-      run: |
-        pip install tox
-        tox -e pylint
+        tox -e format-and-lint
+
   tests:
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -42,14 +35,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: "3.x"
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Run tests with pytest
-      run: |
-        pip install tox
-        tox -e py3
-    - name: Run doctests for python snippets in markdown files
+    - name: Run tests through tox
       run: |
         pip install tox
-        tox -e doctest
+        tox -e test
+
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 61fd8d9..6b11445 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ default_language_version:
   python: python3
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.5.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
         args: ['--maxkb=1000']
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ repos:
         # exclude autogenerated files
         exclude: /README\.rst$|\.pot?$
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.1.0 # Make sure to use the same tag/version as specified in tox.ini.
+    rev: 24.4.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
         language_version: python3
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-isort
-    rev: v5.10.1 # Make sure to use the same tag/version as specified in tox.ini.
+    rev: v5.10.1
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/nbQA-dev/nbQA
-    rev: 1.7.1
+    rev: 1.8.5
     hooks:
      - id: nbqa-black
        additional_dependencies: [black==22.8.0]
diff --git a/docs/source/docs_dev/continuous_integration.md b/docs/source/docs_dev/continuous_integration.md
index 46443dd..0011a2b 100644
--- a/docs/source/docs_dev/continuous_integration.md
+++ b/docs/source/docs_dev/continuous_integration.md
@@ -5,18 +5,23 @@ Install `tueplots` with all ci-related dependencies via
 ```
 pip install .[ci]
 ```
+
+
+## Tox
 Run all checks via
 ```
 tox
 ```
 or only run the tests via
 ```
-tox -e pytest
+tox -e test
 ```
-or use tox (which also runs the linter, and the python-code-snippets in this readme).
+or only run the linter via
 ```
-tox
+tox -e format-and-lint
 ```
+
+## Pre-commit hook
 The CI checks for compliance of the code with black and isort, and runs the tests and the notebooks.
 To automatically satisfy the former, there is a pre-commit that can be used (do this once):
 ```
@@ -24,3 +29,8 @@ pip install pre-commit
 pre-commit install
 ```
 From then on, your code will be checked for isort and black compatibility automatically.
+
+
+Both the pre-commit hook and tox point to isort, black, and so on.
+We do our best to match their versions. If you run into version conflicts
+between those two tools, please let us know!
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3af5e1b..b1f40eb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,56 +1,44 @@
 
 [tox]
-envlist = pytest, doctest, black, isort, pylint, docs
+envlist = test, format-and-lint, docs
 isolated_build = True
 
-[testenv:pytest]
-description = Executing tests with pytest
+[testenv:test]
+description = Execute all sorts of tests
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-cases
-commands =
-    pytest {posargs}
-
-[testenv:doctest]
-description = Executing code snippets in readme with doctest
-deps =
     matplotlib
 commands =
+    pytest {posargs}
     python -m doctest docs/source/getting_started/application_icml2022.md
     python -m doctest docs/source/getting_started/usage_example.md
 
 
-[testenv:black]
-description = Code linting with Black
+[testenv:format-and-lint]
+description = Lint the code with black, isort, and pylint
 deps =
     black
-    nbqa
-commands =
-    black --check --diff .
-    nbqa black --check --diff .
-
-[testenv:isort]
-description = Sorting imports with isort
-deps =
     isort
     nbqa
-commands =
-    isort --check --diff .
-    nbqa isort --check --diff .
-
-[testenv:pylint]
-description = Linting (pylint)
-deps =
     pylint
-ignore_errors = true
 commands =
-    pylint tueplots --jobs=0
-    pylint tests --jobs=0 --disable="missing-function-docstring"
+    black --check --diff . --quiet
+    isort --check --diff . --quiet
+    nbqa black --check --diff . --quiet
+    nbqa isort --check --diff . --quiet
+    pylint tueplots --jobs=0 --score no
+    pylint tests --jobs=0 --disable="missing-function-docstring" --score no
+
+
 
 [testenv:docs]
 description = Build the HTML docs
 passenv = HOME
 deps =
+    # The doc-dependencies are separate because
+    # we need to be able to tell readthedocs where
+    # to find them (there is no access to tox).
     -r {toxinidir}/docs/requirements-sphinx-build.txt
 changedir = docs
 allowlist_externals = make