diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c3431968276606d4f3a491d101622a93e5981b11..c87eda336302f3eb155d93b6ab943e1b2dba7a29 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ci:
+    autoupdate_branch: 'devel'
 exclude: tests/test_python-syntax_error.py
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format