diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 27c9560c0..6366df006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 ---
 name: Deploy
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v*"
+      - v*
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 48d9d2572..5b2e3d10b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Documentation
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 79bf77cc6..0f8d85c72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: Examples
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - "renovate/**"
+      - renovate/**
   pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/licence.yml b/.github/workflows/licence.yml
index 7e8afacf6..885d0e801 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licence.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licence.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ---
 name: Update Copyright
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 3 1 1 *"
+    - cron: 0 3 1 1 *
 
 jobs:
   update-licence-year:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 49a38ec1b..49204204e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: Linting
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - "renovate/**"
+      - renovate/**
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/paper.yml b/.github/workflows/paper.yml
index 5678f58b5..cfb78a924 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paper.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: Paper
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - "paper/**"
+      - paper/**
 
 jobs:
   paper:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9727555df..44ca63e47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: Test
 
-# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - "renovate/**"
+      - renovate/**
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -50,9 +49,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@3dfc5567390f6fa9267c0ee9c251e4c8c3f18949 # v2
         with:
           parallel-finished: true
-          carryforward: "\
+          carryforward: \
             run-macos-latest-3.10,\
             run-ubuntu-latest-3.10,\
             run-macos-latest-3.11,\
-            run-ubuntu-latest-3.11\
-            "
+            run-ubuntu-latest-3.11
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 20b3a6164..f558ed1c6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/paddyroddy/.github
-    rev: v0.134.0
+    rev: v0.136.0
     hooks:
       - id: general-hooks
       - id: python-hooks