diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0731d88b9..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-name: pre-commit
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 61269815b..fbc882da9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 repos:
--   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-yapf    # To format the code to conform YAPF
-    rev: v0.31.0
+-   repo: https://github.com/google/yapf    # To format the code to conform YAPF
+    rev: v0.40.2
     hooks:
     - id: yapf
       args: ['--in-place', '--recursive', '--style', 'google']
+      require_serial: true
 
--   repo: https://github.com/myint/docformatter    # To format the doc strings to conform PEP257
-    rev: v1.3.1
+-   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter    # To format the doc strings to conform PEP257
+    rev: v1.7.5
     hooks:
     - id: docformatter
       args: [--in-place]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks    # Some common pre-commit hooks
-    rev: v2.3.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
     - id: check-yaml               # Checks the syntax of .yaml files.
       args: [--allow-multiple-documents]
@@ -20,3 +21,8 @@ repos:
     - id: end-of-file-fixer        # Makes sure files end with a newline.
     - id: trailing-whitespace      # Checks for any tabs or spaces after the last non-whitespace character on the line.
     - id: check-docstring-first    # Checks that code comes after the docstrings.
+    - id: check-yaml               # Check valid yml file
+
+ci:
+    autofix_prs: false
+    autoupdate_schedule: monthly
diff --git a/Gallery/MapProjections/NCL_lcnative_1.py b/Gallery/MapProjections/NCL_lcnative_1.py
index 3e08b835c..b33000a9d 100755
--- a/Gallery/MapProjections/NCL_lcnative_1.py
+++ b/Gallery/MapProjections/NCL_lcnative_1.py
@@ -80,19 +80,22 @@ def Plot(row, col, pos, proj, title):
     gl.ylocator = mticker.FixedLocator([20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45])
     gl.xlabel_style = {'rotation': 0}
     gl.ylabel_style = {'rotation': 0}
-    '''
-    When using certain types of projections in Cartopy, you may find that there
-    is not a direct 1-to-1 projection similarity. When looking at the three Lambert
-    projections offered, you will notice the closest match to the NCL projection
-    is actually the Lambert Cylindrical projection. This is due to NCL having certain
-    "smoothing" and "flattening" options for the Lambert Conformal projection not seen
-    in the Cartopy version. By using Lambert Cylindrical over Lambert Conformal in Python,
-    you will be able to create the "rectangular" style of coordinates not classically
-    represented by a Lambert Conformal map. Additionally, Cartopy does not currently support
-    adding tick marks to a projection like NCL, this is why these Python projections do not
-    have this feature. The GeoCAT Team is actively adding to the list of convenience functions
+    """When using certain types of projections in Cartopy, you may find that
+    there is not a direct 1-to-1 projection similarity.
+
+    When looking at the three Lambert projections offered, you will
+    notice the closest match to the NCL projection is actually the
+    Lambert Cylindrical projection. This is due to NCL having certain
+    "smoothing" and "flattening" options for the Lambert Conformal
+    projection not seen in the Cartopy version. By using Lambert
+    Cylindrical over Lambert Conformal in Python, you will be able to
+    create the "rectangular" style of coordinates not classically
+    represented by a Lambert Conformal map. Additionally, Cartopy does
+    not currently support adding tick marks to a projection like NCL,
+    this is why these Python projections do not have this feature. The
+    GeoCAT Team is actively adding to the list of convenience functions
     supported and hopes to add this functionality one day.
-    '''
+    """
 
     # Plot data and create colorbar
     prec = t.plot.contourf(ax=ax,