diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 66571a9..f7bfe56 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 24.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
         name: Running black in all files.
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.12.0
+    rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args: ["--profile", "black", "--extend-skip", "table2ascii"]
         name: Running isort in all files.
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.5.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-ast
         name: Check if python files are valid syntax for the ast parser
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 267f35a..132658f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,18 +46,23 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 docs = [
     "enum-tools",
-    "sphinx",
+    "sphinx>=4.0.0,<5",
     "sphinx-autobuild",
     "sphinx-toolbox",
     "sphinxcontrib_trio",
     "sphinxext-opengraph",
     "sphinx-book-theme==0.3.3",
+    "sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4",
+    "sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2",
+    "sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1",
+    "sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3",
+    "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5",
 ]
 dev = [
     "mypy>=0.982,<2",
-    "pre-commit>=2.0.0,<4",
+    "pre-commit>=2.0.0,<5",
     "pyright>=1.0.0,<2",
-    "pytest>=6.0.0,<8",
+    "pytest>=6.0.0,<9",
     "slotscheck>=0.1.0,<1",
     "taskipy>=1.0.0,<2",
     "tox>=3.0.0,<5",
diff --git a/table2ascii/__init__.py b/table2ascii/__init__.py
index bc53a37..f521f0e 100644
--- a/table2ascii/__init__.py
+++ b/table2ascii/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 table2ascii - Library for converting 2D Python lists to fancy ASCII/Unicode tables
 """
+
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
diff --git a/table2ascii/exceptions.py b/table2ascii/exceptions.py
index b4b6314..cefecf9 100644
--- a/table2ascii/exceptions.py
+++ b/table2ascii/exceptions.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class FooterColumnCountMismatchError(ColumnCountMismatchError):
     This class is a subclass of :class:`ColumnCountMismatchError`.
 
     Attributes:
-        footer (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [:class:`SupportsStr`]):
+        footer (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [:class:`SupportsStr`]):
             The footer that caused the error
         expected_columns (:class:`int`): The number of columns that were expected
     """
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ class BodyColumnCountMismatchError(ColumnCountMismatchError):
     This class is a subclass of :class:`ColumnCountMismatchError`.
 
     Attributes:
-        body (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [\ :class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [:class:`SupportsStr`]]):
+        body (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [ :class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [:class:`SupportsStr`]]):
             The body that caused the error
         expected_columns (:class:`int`): The number of columns that were expected
-        first_invalid_row (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [:class:`SupportsStr`]):
+        first_invalid_row (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [:class:`SupportsStr`]):
             The first row with an invalid column count
     """
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class AlignmentCountMismatchError(ColumnCountMismatchError):
     This class is a subclass of :class:`ColumnCountMismatchError`.
 
     Attributes:
-        alignments (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [:class:`Alignment`]):
+        alignments (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [:class:`Alignment`]):
             The alignments that caused the error
         expected_columns (:class:`int`): The number of columns that were expected
     """
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class ColumnWidthsCountMismatchError(ColumnCountMismatchError):
     This class is a subclass of :class:`ColumnCountMismatchError`.
 
     Attributes:
-        column_widths (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>`\ [:data:`Optional <typing.Optional>`\ [:class:`int`]]):
+        column_widths (:class:`Sequence <collections.abc.Sequence>` [:data:`Optional <typing.Optional>` [:class:`int`]]):
             The column widths that caused the error
         expected_columns (:class:`int`): The number of columns that were expected
     """