diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4dc46e2..ada9b58 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,28 +16,25 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
+      - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-json
+      - id: check-toml
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: check-added-large-files
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.27.0
+    rev: 0.27.3
     hooks:
+      - id: check-dependabot
       - id: check-github-workflows
   - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.292
+    rev: v0.1.9
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args:
           - --fix
-          - --exit-non-zero-on-fix
-          - --show-fixes
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
+      - id: ruff-format
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.0.3
+    rev: v3.1.0
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index ec37131..578ebd9 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -13,42 +13,52 @@ def possibly_install_pipx() -> None:
         subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pipx", "ensurepath"], check=False)
 
 
+# possibly install nox (and pipx)
+if shutil.which("nox") is None:
+    # possibly install pipx
+    possibly_install_pipx()
+
+    # install nox
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pipx", "install", "nox"], check=False)
+
+# possibly install pre-commit (and pipx)
+if shutil.which("pre-commit") is None:
+    # possibly install pipx
+    possibly_install_pipx()
+
+    # install pre-commit
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pipx", "install", "pre-commit"], check=False)
+
 # perform git initialization
 if "{{ cookiecutter.init_git }}" == "True":
     # initialize Git repository
     subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "main"], check=False)
 
-    # possibly install pre-commit (and pipx)
-    if shutil.which("pre-commit") is None:
-        # possibly install pipx
-        possibly_install_pipx()
-
-        # install pre-commit
-        subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, "-m", "pipx", "install", "pre-commit"], check=False
-        )
-
-    # install and update pre-commit hooks
-    subprocess.run(["pre-commit", "install"], check=False)
+    # update and install pre-commit hooks
     subprocess.run(["pre-commit", "autoupdate"], check=False)
     subprocess.run(["pre-commit", "install", "--install-hooks"], check=False)
 
-    # add and commit
+    # add files
+    subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], check=False)
+
+    # run nox "cog" and "pre_commit" sessions
+    subprocess.run(["nox", "--session", "cog", "pre_commit"], check=False)
+
+    # possibly re-add files
     subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], check=False)
+
+    # commit
     subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "commit", "-m", "🍪 Initial commit from `cookiecutter-python-package`"],
+        [
+            "git",
+            "commit",
+            "-m",
+            ":cookie: Initial commit from `cookiecutter-python-package`",
+        ],
         check=False,
     )
 
 # create venv and install dependencies
 if "{{ cookiecutter.init_venv }}" == "True":
-    # possibly install nox (and pipx)
-    if shutil.which("nox") is None:
-        # possibly install pipx
-        possibly_install_pipx()
-
-        # install nox
-        subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pipx", "install", "nox"], check=False)
-
     # run nox "dev" session
     subprocess.run(["nox", "--session", "dev"], check=False)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c0b4a4..9b9a906 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,22 +4,12 @@ ignore = [
     "E501",  # line too long, handled by black
     "COM",  # flake8-commas, handled by black
     "CPY",  # flake8-copyright
+    "ISC001",  # single-line-implicit-string-concatenation
     "INP",  # flake8-no-pep420
-]
-src = ["src", "tests", "docs"]
-target-version = "py38"  # the minimum Python version supported, used by pyupgrade
-
-[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
-"hooks/*.py" = [
     "D",  # pydocstyle
     "PLR0133",  # comparison-of-constant
     "S603",  # subprocess-without-shell-equals-true
     "S607",  # start-process-with-partial-path
 ]
-
-[tool.ruff.isort]
-known-first-party = [
-  "{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}",
-  "tests",
-]
-lines-between-types = 0
+src = ["hooks"]
+target-version = "py38"  # the minimum Python version supported, used by pyupgrade
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c8e988b..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cookiecutter