diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index 2495a59..1444bfe 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ modal deploy  server.py
 
 ## Style checks
 
-- We are using [ruff](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/), an extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust for checking formatting and code styles.
+- We are using [ruff](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/), an extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust for checking formatting and code styles. Along with pre-commit to manage ruff as CI for testing style and minor other tests as well.
 
 For style checks use the following command:
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ ruff check .
 ruff check --fix
 # Now that our project is passing ruff check, we can run the Ruff formatter via ruff format:
 ruff format .
+# Pre-commit check
+pre-commit run --all-files
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index a055c5d..824c54b 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fastapi
 modal==0.56.4822
-pre-commit
-ruff
-
+# dev-requirements
+pre-commit==3.6.2
+ruff==0.2.2