diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2853b16..cc79b72 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 22.3.0
+  rev: 24.10.0
   hooks:
   - id: black-jupyter
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v4.3.0
+  rev: v5.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-case-conflict
   - id: check-merge-conflict
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ repos:
   - id: trailing-whitespace
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-  rev: v1.9.0
+  rev: v1.10.0
   hooks:
   - id: python-check-blanket-noqa
   - id: python-check-blanket-type-ignore
@@ -30,29 +30,29 @@ repos:
   - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
 
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-  rev: 5.10.1
+  rev: 5.13.2
   hooks:
   - id: isort
 
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-  rev: v2.34.0
+  rev: v3.19.1
   hooks:
   - id: pyupgrade
     args: ["--py36-plus"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
-  rev: v1.20.1
+  rev: v2.7.0
   hooks:
   - id: setup-cfg-fmt
 
 - repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
-  rev: v1.3.5
+  rev: v2.4.0
   hooks:
   - id: pycln
     args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/yesqa
-  rev: v1.3.0
+  rev: v1.5.0
   hooks:
   - id: yesqa
     exclude: docs/conf.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ repos:
       - flake8-print
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  rev: 4.0.1
+  rev: 7.1.1
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
     exclude: docs/conf.py
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ repos:
 
 
 - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
-  rev: v0.8.0.4
+  rev: v0.10.0.1
   hooks:
   - id: shellcheck
 
 
 - repo: https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest
-  rev: "0.48"
+  rev: "0.50"
   hooks:
   - id: check-manifest
     stages: [manual]
diff --git a/applying_neos.md b/applying_neos.md
index b0f0b76..652a2da 100644
--- a/applying_neos.md
+++ b/applying_neos.md
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ I've just released [`relaxed` v0.3.0](https://github.com/gradhep/relaxed), which
 ## reaching out
 
 If you're interested in working on this, please reach out to me through [Mattermost](https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/signup_user_complete/?id=zf7w5rb1miy85xsfjqm68q9hwr&md=link&sbr=su), or by email.
-
diff --git a/examples/binning.ipynb b/examples/binning.ipynb
index 7a2f92a..c42f267 100644
--- a/examples/binning.ipynb
+++ b/examples/binning.ipynb
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@
     "num_bins = 4\n",
     "pars = jnp.linspace(0, 8, num_bins + 1)\n",
     "\n",
+    "\n",
     "# differentiable significance pipeline\n",
     "def asimov_pipe(bins, s, b, bandwidth=1e-2):\n",
     "    # restrict bin edges so they don't overlap during optimisation\n",
@@ -732,6 +733,7 @@
     "\n",
     "from copy import deepcopy\n",
     "\n",
+    "\n",
     "# specify the workspace for a simple model with a three-point background systematic\n",
     "def correlated_background(signal, bkg, bkg_up, bkg_down):\n",
     "    spec = {\n",
@@ -768,6 +770,7 @@
     "\n",
     "from pyhf import interpolators\n",
     "\n",
+    "\n",
     "# pipeline to calculate the full CLs for the model, given a number of bins\n",
     "def pipe(num_bins):\n",
     "    def cls_pipe(bins, s, b, bup, bdown, bandwidth=1e-2, skeleton_model=None):\n",
diff --git a/examples/cuts.ipynb b/examples/cuts.ipynb
index 48d56a4..395285d 100644
--- a/examples/cuts.ipynb
+++ b/examples/cuts.ipynb
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@
     "from jaxopt import OptaxSolver\n",
     "from optax import adam\n",
     "\n",
+    "\n",
     "# define something to minimise (1/significance)\n",
     "def loss(cut):\n",
     "    s_weights = relaxed.cut(sig, cut, slope) + 1e-4\n",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e783631..edff161 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ author_email = n.s@cern.ch
 maintainer = Nathan Simpson
 maintainer_email = n.s@cern.ch
 license = BSD-3-Clause
-license_file = LICENSE
+license_files = LICENSE
 platforms =
     Any
 classifiers =
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
 project_urls =
     Documentation = https://neos.readthedocs.io/
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ install_requires =
     relaxed>=0.2.0
     sklearn
     typing-extensions>=3.7;python_version<'3.8'
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.9
 include_package_data = True
 package_dir =
     =src
diff --git a/src/neos/losses.py b/src/neos/losses.py
index 1710b0e..78e545f 100644
--- a/src/neos/losses.py
+++ b/src/neos/losses.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 import pyhf
-
 import relaxed
 
 Array = jnp.ndarray
diff --git a/src/neos/top_level.py b/src/neos/top_level.py
index 0f64ccb..bdb234c 100644
--- a/src/neos/top_level.py
+++ b/src/neos/top_level.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 import pyhf
-
 import relaxed
+
 from neos.losses import (
     cls_value,
     discovery_significance,