diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index aece420..6646089 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
 /.editorconfig export-ignore
 /.gitattributes export-ignore
 /.gitignore export-ignore
-/.pre-commit-config.yaml export-ignore
 /TESTING.md export-ignore
 /TROUBLESHOOTING.md export-ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-auto-update.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-auto-update.yml
index cf9d376..726704f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-auto-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-auto-update.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           set -x
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install pre-commit
-          pre-commit autoupdate
+          pre-commit autoupdate --config="tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml"
 
       - name: Gather changes
         id: gather-changes
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml
similarity index 88%
rename from .pre-commit-config.yaml
rename to tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 25906bc..c177426 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #     $ brew install pre-commit
 #
 #   2. Install hooks
-#     $ pre-commit install
+#     $ pre-commit install --config="tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml"
 #
 #   3. Optionally, enable automatic updates
-#     $ pre-commit autoupdate
+#     $ pre-commit autoupdate --config="tests/.pre-commit-config.yaml"
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
   rev: 24.10.0