diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0f31714a..8044d3d4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 repos:
   # Hooks that are run everywhere
   - repo: https://github.com/biomejs/pre-commit
-    rev: v2.4.6
+    rev: v2.4.7
     hooks:
       - id: biome-format
   # Hooks that are run for scripts
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: v2.16.2
+    rev: v2.19.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
         files: ^scripts/pyproject\.toml$
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.5
+    rev: v0.15.6
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
diff --git a/scripts/src/scverse_template_scripts/cruft_prs.py b/scripts/src/scverse_template_scripts/cruft_prs.py
index 5950e421..91345f3b 100644
--- a/scripts/src/scverse_template_scripts/cruft_prs.py
+++ b/scripts/src/scverse_template_scripts/cruft_prs.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from dataclasses import KW_ONLY, InitVar, dataclass, field
+from dataclasses import KW_ONLY, dataclass, field
 from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import run
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 class GitHubConnection:
     """API connection to a GitHub user (e.g. scverse-bot)"""
 
-    _login: InitVar[str]
     token: str | None = field(repr=False, default=None)
     _: KW_ONLY
     email: str | None = field(default=None)
@@ -85,9 +84,10 @@ class GitHubConnection:
     user: NamedUser = field(init=False)
     sig: Actor = field(init=False)
 
-    def __post_init__(self, _login: str) -> None:
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        assert self.token.startswith("github_pat_")
         self.gh = Github(auth=Auth.Token(self.token) if self.token else None)
-        self.user = cast("NamedUser", self.gh.get_user(_login))
+        self.user = cast("NamedUser", self.gh.get_user())
         if self.email is None:
             self.email = self.user.email
         self.sig = Actor(self.login, self.email)
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_cruft.py b/scripts/tests/test_cruft.py
index e76f84ec..bccbff18 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_cruft.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_cruft.py
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 def bot_con() -> GitHubConnection:
     """Connect to the scverse-bot github account. Make sure to use only a readonly-token to not destroy anything."""
     token = os.environ["SCVERSE_BOT_READONLY_GITHUB_TOKEN"]
-    return GitHubConnection("scverse-bot", token, email="108668866+scverse-bot@users.noreply.github.com")
+    con = GitHubConnection(token, email="108668866+scverse-bot@users.noreply.github.com")
+    assert con.login == "scverse-bot"
+    return con
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e5325f76..cac19ee3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ default_stages:
 minimum_pre_commit_version: 2.16.0
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/biomejs/pre-commit
-    rev: v2.4.6
+    rev: v2.4.7
     hooks:
       - id: biome-format
         exclude: ^\.cruft\.json$ # inconsistent indentation with cruft - file never to be modified manually.
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: v2.16.2
+    rev: v2.19.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.5
+    rev: v0.15.6
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]