diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index 63d4f2f8..1bf12d87 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "template": "https://github.com/iterative/py-template",
-  "commit": "fdce0adb4bb61a3580ea0430a24ad3ec85749a8b",
+  "commit": "9d27491d231f3c4eaba286d81dc838f8bbc73d37",
   "context": {
     "cookiecutter": {
       "project_name": "scmrepo",
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 08a1c852..67656a51 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ repos:
       - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: check-json
       - id: check-merge-conflict
+        args: ['--assume-in-merge']
+        exclude: "README.rst"
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: debug-statements
@@ -28,9 +30,10 @@ repos:
       - id: codespell
         additional_dependencies: ["tomli"]
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.0.0
+    rev: v3.2.2
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py38-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.10.1
     hooks:
@@ -40,9 +43,9 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
-          - flake8-broken-line==0.5.0
-          - flake8-bugbear==22.8.23
-          - flake8-comprehensions==3.10.0
+          - flake8-broken-line==0.6.0
+          - flake8-bugbear==22.10.27
+          - flake8-comprehensions==3.10.1
           - flake8-debugger==4.1.2
           - flake8-string-format==0.3.0
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/bandit
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7e5971c..ef715d17 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ install_requires=
 
 [options.extras_require]
 tests =
-    pytest==7.1.2
+    pytest==7.2.0
     pytest-sugar==0.9.5
     pytest-cov==3.0.0
     pytest-mock==3.8.2
diff --git a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/base.py b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/base.py
index 6e19c1c0..635dc857 100644
--- a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/base.py
+++ b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/base.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class BaseGitBackend(ABC):
     def __init__(self, root_dir=os.curdir, search_parent_directories=True):
         pass
 
-    def close(self):
+    def close(self):  # noqa: B027
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def status(
         files can take some time.
         """
 
-    def _reset(self) -> None:
+    def _reset(self) -> None:  # noqa: B027
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/credentials.py b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/credentials.py
index 16873e8e..de4cc2c8 100644
--- a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/credentials.py
+++ b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/credentials.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def _prepare_command(self) -> Union[str, List[str]]:
             # a C git helper in GIT_EXEC_PATH
             git_exec_path = subprocess.check_output(  # nosec B603
                 ("git", "--exec-path"),
-                universal_newlines=True,
+                text=True,
             ).strip()
             if shutil.which(executable, path=git_exec_path):
                 executable = os.path.join(git_exec_path, executable)
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ def get(
             res = subprocess.run(  # type: ignore # nosec B603 # breaks on 3.6
                 cmd,
                 check=True,
-                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                capture_output=True,
                 input=os.linesep.join(helper_input).encode("ascii"),
                 **self._run_kwargs,
             )