diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 48bc6ed7..4b2455f5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repos:
     - id: reformat-pyproject
 
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-   rev: v3.4.0
+   rev: v5.0.0
    hooks:
     - id: check-added-large-files
     - id: check-ast
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ repos:
     - id: bind-requirements
 
  - repo: https://github.com/python-formate/flake8-dunder-all
-   rev: v0.4.1
+   rev: v0.5.0
    hooks:
     - id: ensure-dunder-all
       files: ^repo_helper/.*\.py$
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ repos:
     - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
 
  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-   rev: v2.12.0
+   rev: v3.20.0
    hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
       args:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ repos:
        - --keep-runtime-typing
 
  - repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
-   rev: v1.5.1
+   rev: v1.5.5
    hooks:
     - id: remove-crlf
     - id: forbid-crlf
diff --git a/repo_helper/release.py b/repo_helper/release.py
index 6f35ce66..cc2fbfad 100644
--- a/repo_helper/release.py
+++ b/repo_helper/release.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def bump(self, new_version: Version, commit: Optional[bool], message: str) -> No
 
 			dulwich_repo = Repo(self.repo.target_repo)
 
-			if f"v{new_version_str}".encode("UTF-8") in dulwich_repo.refs.as_dict(b"refs/tags"):
+			if f"v{new_version_str}".encode() in dulwich_repo.refs.as_dict(b"refs/tags"):
 				raise abort(f"The tag 'v{new_version_str}' already exists!")
 
 			bumpversion_config = self.get_bumpversion_config(str(self.current_version), new_version_str)