diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9c69a8d496c8ce8fca89b913d31505711f4be9af..b628e4002ae462dffa9a1765783da8b447c6884e 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