diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c0ec7f59..0a74ddb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Pre-commit Checks
     uses: ./.github/workflows/pre-commit-run.yml
     with:
-      pre-commit-source: -r requirements.txt
+      pre-commit-source: --group pre-commit
 
   test-docs-build-verify:
     name: Docs Build Verify
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84a511c9..06778a72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ venv
 .envrc
 .idea
 *.pyc
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4980454a..b9b7c02b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[dependency-groups]
+pre-commit = [
+    "pre-commit == 4.6.2"
+]
+
 [tool.rumdl]
 exclude = [".github/*.md"]
 respect-gitignore = true
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 63656610..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pre-commit == 4.6.2