diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 441dbe5c7..5ed1a0699 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,27 +33,27 @@ repos:
   - id: mixed-line-ending
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 6.1.0
+  rev: 7.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
     name: isort (python)
     args: ["--line-length=120", "--profile=black"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 6.1.0
+  rev: 7.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
     name: isort (python) (check)
     args: ["--line-length=120", "--profile=black", "--check"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-  rev: 25.9.0
+  rev: 25.12.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     args: ["--line-length=120"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-  rev: 25.9.0
+  rev: 25.12.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     name: black (check)
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ repos:
     args: ["--count", "--statistics", "--config=setup.cfg"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.18.2
+  rev: v1.19.1
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     exclude: (^tests/|^plugins/)
     additional_dependencies: [types-PyYAML,types-filelock,types-requests,types-docutils,types-cachetools]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-  rev: v3.20.0
+  rev: v3.21.2
   hooks:
   -   id: pyupgrade
       args: [--py37-plus]
diff --git a/monailabel/_version.py b/monailabel/_version.py
index 551342ce7..0e55b9813 100644
--- a/monailabel/_version.py
+++ b/monailabel/_version.py
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
             print(f"unable to find command, tried {commands}")
         return None, None
     stdout = p.communicate()[0].strip()
-    if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
-        stdout = stdout.decode()
+    stdout = stdout.decode()
     if p.returncode != 0:
         if verbose:
             print("unable to run %s (error)" % dispcmd)