diff --git a/.github/workflows/format-command.yml b/.github/workflows/format-command.yml
index 78f7227df24..a90a3c9d911 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format-command.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format-command.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install formatting tools
       - name: Install formatting tools
         run: |
-          python -m pip install ruff pre-commit
+          python -m pip install ruff prek
           python -m pip list
 
       # Run "make format" and commit the change to the PR branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/style_checks.yaml
index 9f1f698c0f4..9ae2f11aac3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style_checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style_checks.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
-          python -m pip install ruff pre-commit
+          python -m pip install ruff prek
           python -m pip list
 
-      - name: Formatting check (ruff + pre-commit)
+      - name: Formatting check (ruff + prek)
         run: |
            make check
-           pre-commit run --all-files
+           prek run --all-files
 
       - name: Ensure example scripts have at least one code block separator
         run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2dd8243f95d..df373dd8ef0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test_no_images: _runtest
 format:
 	ruff check --fix --exit-zero $(FORMAT_FILES)
 	ruff format $(FORMAT_FILES)
-	pre-commit run --all-files
+	prek run --all-files
 
 check:
 	ruff check $(FORMAT_FILES)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.md b/doc/contributing.md
index 36b0d76e984..b52879b5d91 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.md
+++ b/doc/contributing.md
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ the code yourself. Before committing, run it to automatically format your code:
 make format
 ```
 
-For consistency, we also use `pre-commit` hooks to enforce UNIX-style line endings
-(`\n`) and file permission 644 (`-rw-r--r--`) throughout the whole project.
-Don't worry if you forget to do it. Our continuous integration systems will
-warn us and you can make a new commit with the formatted code.
+For consistency, we also use `pre-commit` hooks (via [`prek`](https://prek.j178.dev/))
+to enforce UNIX-style line endings (`\n`) and file permission 644 (`-rw-r--r--`)
+throughout the whole project. Don't worry if you forget to do it. Our continuous
+integration systems will warn us and you can make a new commit with the formatted code.
 Even better, you can just write `/format` in the first line of any comment in a
 pull request to lint the code automatically.
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index f9fbe025aac..7cde2e70015 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
     - python-build
     # Dev dependencies (style checks)
     - codespell
-    - pre-commit
+    - prek
     - ruff>=0.12.0
     # Dev dependencies (unit testing)
     - matplotlib-base