diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bd4ea9b3..2c5aaa9b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: rst-inline-touching-normal
     -   id: text-unicode-replacement-char
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v2.10.0
+    rev: v2.11.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py36-plus]
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-    rev: v1.9.2
+    rev: v1.10.0
     hooks:
     -   id: blacken-docs
         additional_dependencies: [black]
 -   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 3.8.4
+    rev: 3.9.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
         additional_dependencies: [
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d47d3e5b..aaffbb15 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -187,5 +187,5 @@ Acknowledgment
 
 The license also includes a copyright and permission notice from pytest since some
 modules, classes, and functions are copied from pytest. Not to mention how pytest has
-inspired the development pytask in general. Without the amazing work of Holger Krekel
+inspired the development of pytask in general. Without the amazing work of Holger Krekel
 and pytest's many contributors, this project would not have been possible. Thank you!
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2d4bee26..00e47a85 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ max-line-length = 88
 per-file-ignores =
     src/_pytask/hookspecs.py: U100
     tests/test_capture.py: T000, T001, N802, PT011
+pytest-mark-no-parentheses = true
 warn-symbols =
     pytest.mark.wip = Remove 'wip' mark for tests.