diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 203672442e..61bb07e70b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ default_language_version:
 exclude: ^(.github/|tests/test_data/abinit/)
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.6.7
+  rev: v0.8.3
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: [--fix]
   - id: ruff-format
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v4.6.0
+  rev: v5.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-yaml
   - id: fix-encoding-pragma
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
   - id: end-of-file-fixer
   - id: trailing-whitespace
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-  rev: 1.18.0
+  rev: 1.19.1
   hooks:
   - id: blacken-docs
     additional_dependencies: [black]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
   - id: rst-directive-colons
   - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.11.2
+  rev: v1.13.0
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     files: ^src/
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ repos:
   rev: v2.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
-    stages: [commit, commit-msg]
+    stages: [pre-commit, commit-msg]
     args: [--ignore-words-list, 'titel,statics,ba,nd,te,atomate']
     types_or: [python, rst, markdown]
 - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
-  rev: 0.7.1
+  rev: 0.8.1
   hooks:
     - id: nbstripout
       args:
diff --git a/src/atomate2/common/schemas/phonons.py b/src/atomate2/common/schemas/phonons.py
index 7453c132cd..539917fc03 100644
--- a/src/atomate2/common/schemas/phonons.py
+++ b/src/atomate2/common/schemas/phonons.py
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ def from_forces_born(
             force_gamma=True,
         )
         phonon.run_mesh(kpoint.kpts[0])
-        phonon_dos_sigma = kwargs.get("phonon_dos_sigma", None)
+        phonon_dos_sigma = kwargs.get("phonon_dos_sigma")
         dos_use_tetrahedron_method = kwargs.get("dos_use_tetrahedron_method", True)
         phonon.run_total_dos(
             sigma=phonon_dos_sigma, use_tetrahedron_method=dos_use_tetrahedron_method