diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 47a3754..2cf32cf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ default_language_version:
   python: python3
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen
-    rev: v2.17.6
+    rev: v2.19.0
     hooks:
       - id: commitizen
         stages: [commit-msg]
   - repo: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.12
+    rev: v0.1.15
     hooks:
       - id: helmlint
   - repo: https://github.com/gherynos/pre-commit-java
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ repos:
           - "2"
           - -ci
   - repo: https://github.com/markdownlint/markdownlint
-    rev: master
+    rev: v0.11.0
     hooks:
-      - id: markdownlint_docker
+      - id: markdownlint
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-eslint
-    rev: v7.26.0
+    rev: v8.0.0-rc.0
     hooks:
       - id: eslint
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ repos:
       - id: fmt
       - id: cargo-check
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
-    rev: v1.26.1
+    rev: v1.26.3
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
         exclude: ".*/templates/.*"
   - repo: https://github.com/IamTheFij/docker-pre-commit
-    rev: v2.0.0
+    rev: v2.0.1
     hooks:
       - id: docker-compose-check
       - id: docker-compose-check
diff --git a/bash/update-repo-tags b/bash/update-repo-tags
index 4288f59..6d7df17 100755
--- a/bash/update-repo-tags
+++ b/bash/update-repo-tags
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ options::add -o t -d "target directory to examine and update" -a -m \
   -e TARGET_DIR
 options::add -o p -d "Patch tag" \
   -x PATCH_TAG
-options::add -o n -d "Don't annotate tag" \
-  -x DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG
 options::add -o b -d "proceed to bump minor version if breaking changes are found" \
   -x ALLOW_BREAKING
 options::add -o c -d "generate and commit change before tagging" \
@@ -40,11 +38,23 @@ options::parse "$@"
 pushd "$TARGET_DIR" >/dev/null || exit 1
 
 LATEST_TAG=$(git::cmd describe --tags --match 'v*' --abbrev=0) || exit 1
+DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG=false
+if ! LATEST_ANNOTATED_TAG=$(git::cmd describe --match 'v*' --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null); then
+  log::notice "No prior tag was annotated"
+  DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG=true
+else
+  if [ "$LATEST_TAG" != "$LATEST_ANNOTATED_TAG" ] || [ -z "$LATEST_ANNOTATED_TAG" ]; then
+    DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG=true
+  else
+    DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG=false
+  fi
+fi
+
 LATEST_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_TAG" | cut -c2-)
 BREAKING_CHANGES=$(git::cmd log "$LATEST_TAG"..HEAD | grep -c "BREAKING CHANGE")
 CHANGES=$(git::cmd log "$LATEST_TAG"..HEAD | grep -c "^commit")
 
-log::notice "$LATEST_VERSION $CHANGES changes  $BREAKING_CHANGES breaks"
+log::notice "Since $LATEST_VERSION $CHANGES changes  $BREAKING_CHANGES breaks"
 
 skip="true"
 if [ "$BREAKING_CHANGES" -gt 0 ]; then
@@ -56,9 +66,18 @@ if [ "$BREAKING_CHANGES" -gt 0 ]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 elif [ "$CHANGES" -gt 0 ]; then
-  TAG=$("$(dirs::of)/semver" bump patch "$LATEST_VERSION")
+  # if we can't annotate tag then we must do a prerel bump
+  if [ "${DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG}" = "true" ]; then
+    PREREL=$("$(dirs::of)/semver" get prerel "$LATEST_VERSION")
+    ((PREREL++))
+    TAG=$("$(dirs::of)/semver" bump prerel "$PREREL" "$LATEST_VERSION")
+    TAG=${TAG/"-$PREREL"/"p$PREREL"}
+  else
+    TAG=$("$(dirs::of)/semver" bump patch "$LATEST_VERSION")
+  fi
   skip="false"
 else
+  log::notice "No changes since $LATEST_VERSION"
   TAG="$LATEST_VERSION"
   skip="true"
 fi
@@ -68,12 +87,17 @@ TAG="v${TAG}"
 if [ "$skip" = "false" ]; then
   log::notice "Will tag as $TAG"
   if [ "$DONT_ANNOTATE_TAG" = "true" ]; then
+    log::notice "No changelog updates for prerel builds"
     git::cmd tag "$TAG"
   else
     if [ "$GENERATE_CHANGELOG" = "true" ]; then
-      "$(dirs::of)"/changelog -l | sed -e "s/Unreleased/$TAG/" >CHANGELOG.md
-      git add CHANGELOG.md
-      git commit --no-verify -m "ci: Update CHANGELOG releasing $TAG" CHANGELOG.md
+      if [ -r "CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
+        "$(dirs::of)"/changelog -l | sed -e "s/Unreleased/$TAG/" >CHANGELOG.md
+        git add CHANGELOG.md
+        git commit --no-verify -m "ci: Update CHANGELOG releasing $TAG" CHANGELOG.md
+      else
+        log::notice "No prior changelog found. Will not generate a new one."
+      fi
     fi
     git::cmd tag -a -s "$TAG" -m "Auto Tagging $TAG"
   fi