diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ec1773c4f..df1831443 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.11.0
+    rev: 23.12.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.6
+    rev: v0.1.9
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01453276e..77f8be15f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,19 +8,11 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-   <a href="https://www.attrs.org/en/stable/">
-       <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Docs-RTD-black" alt="Documentation" />
-   </a>
-   <a href="https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/blob/main/LICENSE">
-      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-C06524" alt="License: MIT" />
-   </a>
+   <a href="https://www.attrs.org/en/stable/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Docs-RTD-black" alt="Documentation" /></a>
+   <a href="https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-C06524" alt="License: MIT" /></a>
    <a href="https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6482"><img src="https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6482/badge"></a>
-   <a href="https://pypi.org/project/attrs/">
-      <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/attrs" />
-   </a>
-   <a href="https://pepy.tech/project/attrs">
-      <img src="https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/attrs?period=month&units=international_system&left_color=grey&right_color=blue&left_text=Downloads%20/%20Month" alt="Downloads per month" />
-   </a>
+   <a href="https://pypi.org/project/attrs/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/attrs" /></a>
+   <a href="https://pepy.tech/project/attrs"><img src="https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/attrs?period=month&units=international_system&left_color=grey&right_color=blue&left_text=Downloads%20/%20Month" alt="Downloads per month" /></a>
    <a href="https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/29918975"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/29918975.svg" alt="DOI"></a>
 </p>
 
@@ -38,17 +30,9 @@ Its main goal is to help you to write **concise** and **correct** software witho
 Especially those generously supporting us at the *The Organization* tier and higher:
 
 <p align="center">
-   <a href="https://www.variomedia.de/">
-      <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/Variomedia.svg" width="200" height="60"></img>
-   </a>
-
-   <a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-attrs?utm_source=pypi-attrs&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo">
-      <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/Tidelift.svg" width="200" height="60"></img>
-   </a>
-
-   <a href="https://filepreviews.io/">
-      <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/FilePreviews.svg" width="200" height="60"></img>
-   </a>
+   <a href="https://www.variomedia.de/"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/Variomedia.svg" width="200" height="60" /></a>
+   <a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-attrs?utm_source=pypi-attrs&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/Tidelift.svg" width="200" height="60" /></a>
+   <a href="https://filepreviews.io/"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-attrs/attrs/main/.github/sponsors/FilePreviews.svg" width="200" height="60"/></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">