diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c63c372800..1097169e3c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,21 +14,28 @@ repos:
       pass_filenames: false
       require_serial: true
       args: ["."]
-  - repo: local
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    # WARNING: version should be the same as in `pyproject.toml` and `requirements.dev.txt`.
+    rev: 'refs/tags/22.3.0:refs/tags/22.3.0'
     hooks:
-    # using a local hook for black because of an issue that arises when using
-    # pre-commit and setuptools-scm that results in version info being lost.
-    # For more info see https://github.com/psf/black/issues/2493
-    # Based on https://github.com/psf/black/blob/main/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
     - id: black
-      name: black
-      description: "Black: The uncompromising Python code formatter"
-      entry: black
-      language: python
-      # WARNING: version should be the same as in `pyproject.toml` and `requirements.dev.txt`.
-      additional_dependencies: ["black>=22.0,<23"]
-      # This is here to defer file selection to black which will do it based on
-      # black config.
       pass_filenames: false
       require_serial: true
       args: ["."]
+  # - repo: local
+  #   hooks:
+  #   # using a local hook for black because of an issue that arises when using
+  #   # pre-commit and setuptools-scm that results in version info being lost.
+  #   # For more info see https://github.com/psf/black/issues/2493
+  #   # Based on https://github.com/psf/black/blob/main/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+  #   - id: black
+  #     name: black
+  #     description: "Black: The uncompromising Python code formatter"
+  #     entry: black
+  #     language: python
+  #     additional_dependencies: ["black>=22.0,<23"]
+  #     # This is here to defer file selection to black which will do it based on
+  #     # black config.
+  #     pass_filenames: false
+  #     require_serial: true
+  #     args: ["."]
diff --git a/docs/developers.rst b/docs/developers.rst
index ff8778ca72..b716adc7bd 100644
--- a/docs/developers.rst
+++ b/docs/developers.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This document describes the process and conventions to follow when
 developing RDFLib code.
 
 * Please be as Pythonic as possible (:pep:`8`).
-* Code should be formatted using `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_  and we use Black v22.1.0, with the black config in ``pyproject.toml``.
+* Code should be formatted using `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_  and we use Black v22.3.0, with the black config in ``pyproject.toml``.
 * Code should also pass `flake8 <https://github.com/psf/black>`_ linting
   and `mypy <http://mypy-lang.org/>`_ type checking.
 * You must supply tests for new code.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0b272327f3..8341c9c693 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.black]
-required-version = "22.1.0"
+required-version = "22.3.0"
 line-length = "88"
 skip-string-normalization = true
 target-version = ['py37']
diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index afd61309e1..085249d222 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black==22.1.0
+black==22.3.0
 coverage
 doctest-ignore-unicode==0.1.2
 flake8
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb001dee7b..3a2014963c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "berkeleydb": ["berkeleydb"],
     "networkx": ["networkx"],
     "dev": [
-        "black==22.1.0",
+        "black==22.3.0",
         "mypy",
         "flake8",
         "flake8-black",