diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8187e4a4..e6ebf431 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
-    rev: v0.25
+    rev: '0.26'
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject
 
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ repos:
         files: "^\\.github/workflows/.*\\.ya?ml$"
 
   - repo: https://github.com/adhtruong/mirrors-typos
-    rev: v1.48.0
+    rev: v1.49.0
     hooks:
       - id: typos
         args: [--force-exclude] # omitting --write-changes
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.16.1
+    rev: v0.16.4
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: ["--fix", "--unsafe-fixes"]
       - id: ruff-format
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v2.3.0
+    rev: v2.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         files: "^src/"
diff --git a/tests/test_magicgui.py b/tests/test_magicgui.py
index 56664b7c..dbbb3345 100644
--- a/tests/test_magicgui.py
+++ b/tests/test_magicgui.py
@@ -934,8 +934,10 @@ def test_no_order():
 
     register_type(Union[int, None], return_callback=mock)
 
+    # registration above used Union[int, None]; annotating with the reversed
+    # order is the whole point of this test, so RUF036 must not "fix" it
     @magicgui
-    def func() -> Union[int, None]:
+    def func() -> Union[None, int]:  # noqa: RUF036
         return 1
 
     func()