diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fe1eb39afe..b969ac8448 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ repos:
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.16.4
+    rev: v0.16.5
     hooks:
       # Run the linter.
       - id: ruff
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d24259402c..09dd9f4c51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ Here an example from our [Linear Algebra tutorial](https://github.com/helmholtz-
 ```python
 import heat as ht
 
-split_A=0
-split_B=1
+split_A = 0
+split_B = 1
 M = 10000
 N = 10000
 K = 10000
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ A = ht.random.randn(M, N, split=split_A, device="gpu")
 B = ht.random.randn(N, K, split=split_B, device="gpu")
 C = ht.matmul(A, B)
 print(C)
-
 ```
 **2. Run with MPI:**