diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8d2a1c7..ead0243 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repos:
 
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
   # Ruff version.
-  rev: v0.8.6
+  rev: v0.9.3
   hooks:
     - id: ruff
       args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
diff --git a/src/genomicranges/GenomicRanges.py b/src/genomicranges/GenomicRanges.py
index cb24d47..a363276 100644
--- a/src/genomicranges/GenomicRanges.py
+++ b/src/genomicranges/GenomicRanges.py
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ def narrow(
             (in-place-modified) original.
         """
         if start is not None and end is not None and width is not None:
-            raise ValueError("Only provide two of the three parameters - `start`, " "`end` and `width` but not all!")
+            raise ValueError("Only provide two of the three parameters - `start`, `end` and `width` but not all!")
 
         if width is not None:
             if start is None and end is None: