diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 930fc1ef..18510fba 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ repos:
     -   id: poetry-check
         args: [--lock]
 -   repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
-    rev: v2.4.0
+    rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pycln
         args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.0
+    rev: v0.9.0
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
         args:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
 #        -   --unsafe-fixes
     -   id: ruff-format
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.12.0
+    rev: v1.14.1
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
         additional_dependencies: [
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ repos:
         files: ^(omf/fileio/geoh5\.py$|omf/scripts/|tests/)
         exclude: ^docs/
 -   repo: https://github.com/codingjoe/relint
-    rev: 3.2.0
+    rev: 3.3.1
     hooks:
     -   id: relint
         args: [-W]  # to fail on warnings
         files: ^(omf/fileio/geoh5\.py$|omf/scripts/|tests/)
 -   repo: https://github.com/MiraGeoscience/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v1.0.1
+    rev: v1.0.2
     hooks:
 #    -   id: check-copyright  # no copyright nor license notice: differ to upstream repo
 #        files: ^(omf/fileio/geoh5\.py$|omf/scripts/|tests/)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index dac50313..95c7b8c0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ omf
     :alt: pytest
 
 
-Version: 3.3.0-beta.2
+Version: 3.3.0-rc.1
 
 API library for Open Mining Format, a new standard for mining data backed by
 the `Global Mining Standards & Guidelines Group <https://gmggroup.org/>`_.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a2ca2f53..a720c1e6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = u'3.3.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'3.3.0-beta.2'
+release = u'3.3.0-rc.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/meta.yaml b/meta.yaml
index d32bc215..f9f0702a 100644
--- a/meta.yaml
+++ b/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "mira-omf" %}
-{% set version = "3.3.0b2" %}
+{% set version = "3.3.0rc1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
diff --git a/omf/__init__.py b/omf/__init__.py
index ab041f45..cc5c7b13 100644
--- a/omf/__init__.py
+++ b/omf/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from .volume import VolumeElement, VolumeGridGeometry
 
 
-__version__ = "3.3.0-beta.2"
+__version__ = "3.3.0-rc.1"
 __author__ = "Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group"
 __license__ = "MIT License"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2017 Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6cc93ff2..aa71f3a4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "geoh5py"
-version = "0.10.0b4"
+version = "0.10.0rc1"
 description = "Python API for geoh5, an open file format for geoscientific data"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.10"
 files = [
-    {file = "geoh5py-0.10.0b4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:debf979f0e5ef2ac3dee51a50fc44eb3a5eb9ef5ff18d1de7b2fd6b5e76734f6"},
-    {file = "geoh5py-0.10.0b4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8695cc1b75cb5194729354e9dcd6c67487fc6ecc5aeb12df6c717b20d4fef67f"},
+    {file = "geoh5py-0.10.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:50a6b8f52a0dafd9cff1706155c50262d66d193a063822f32837e0e424ead9f2"},
+    {file = "geoh5py-0.10.0rc1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:19d5a89f4d340e937ae6741af086df8ac3048905457dc405dcc60472a24aa1c0"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb7bd8f4..d32c0416 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mira-omf"
-version = "3.3.0-beta.2"
+version = "3.3.0-rc.1"
 description = "API Library for Open Mining Format"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [
diff --git a/tests/script_omf_to_geoh5_test.py b/tests/script_omf_to_geoh5_test.py
index 8ea40236..65d4bb79 100644
--- a/tests/script_omf_to_geoh5_test.py
+++ b/tests/script_omf_to_geoh5_test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -144,7 +145,4 @@ def test_omf_to_geoh5_with_gzip_level_too_high(capsys, tmp_path: Path):
     assert not output_path.exists()
     assert captured_exception.value.code == 2
     captured_err = capsys.readouterr().err
-    assert any(
-        "error: argument --gzip: invalid choice: 10" in line
-        for line in captured_err.splitlines()
-    )
+    assert re.search(r"error: argument --gzip: invalid choice:", captured_err)