diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dbc692b53..fbc882da9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: yapf
       args: ['--in-place', '--recursive', '--style', 'google']
+      require_serial: true
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter    # To format the doc strings to conform PEP257
     rev: v1.7.5