diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 363d22687..3ee7226e1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     # WARNING: version should be the same as in `pyproject.toml` and `requirements.dev.txt`.
     # Using git ref spec because of https://github.com/psf/black/issues/2493
-    rev: 'refs/tags/22.8.0:refs/tags/22.8.0'
+    rev: 'refs/tags/22.10.0:refs/tags/22.10.0'
     hooks:
     - id: black
       pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/docs/developers.rst b/docs/developers.rst
index e8c2b19ab..1390e3af7 100644
--- a/docs/developers.rst
+++ b/docs/developers.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This document describes the process and conventions to follow when
 developing RDFLib code.
 
 * Please be as Pythonic as possible (:pep:`8`).
-* Code should be formatted using `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_  and we use Black v22.8.0, with the black config in ``pyproject.toml``.
+* Code should be formatted using `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_  and we use Black v22.10.0, with the black config in ``pyproject.toml``.
 * Code should also pass `flake8 <https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/>`_ linting
   and `mypy <http://mypy-lang.org/>`_ type checking.
 * You must supply tests for new code.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16ac0a183..4eba7fcf6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pep8-naming = ["-N815"]
 
 
 [tool.black]
-required-version = "22.8.0"
+required-version = "22.10.0"
 line-length = "88"
 target-version = ['py37']
 include = '\.pyi?$'
diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index 343df837c..60eed80ee 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black==22.8.0
+black==22.10.0
 coverage
 doctest-ignore-unicode==0.1.2
 html5lib
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c459cf9f..b705d19be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "berkeleydb": ["berkeleydb"],
     "networkx": ["networkx"],
     "dev": [
-        "black==22.8.0",
+        "black==22.10.0",
         "flake8",
         "flakeheaven >= 2.1.3; python_version >= '3.8.0'",
         "isort",