diff --git a/.github/mergify.yml b/.github/mergify.yml
index 0373c0448..c6d1f1fed 100644
--- a/.github/mergify.yml
+++ b/.github/mergify.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
         Hi @{{author}}, the pre-commit checks have failed. Please run:
 
         ```bash 
-        uv pip install pre-commit
+        uv pip install pre-commit>=4.5.1
         pre-commit install
         pre-commit run --all-files
         ```
diff --git a/docs/contributing/README.md b/docs/contributing/README.md
index 4e97ff69c..24e7d1c5b 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/README.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ For an optimized workflow when iterating on C++/CUDA kernels, see the [Increment
 vLLM uses `pre-commit` to lint and format the codebase. See <https://pre-commit.com/#usage> if `pre-commit` is new to you. Setting up `pre-commit` is as easy as:
 
 ```bash
-uv pip install pre-commit
+uv pip install pre-commit>=4.5.1
 pre-commit install
 ```
 
diff --git a/requirements/lint.txt b/requirements/lint.txt
index 62446f940..7d132113e 100644
--- a/requirements/lint.txt
+++ b/requirements/lint.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # formatting
-pre-commit==4.0.1
+pre-commit>=4.5.1