diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6c6c59b..38ed94a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repos:
     - id: end-of-file-fixer
 
  - repo: https://github.com/domdfcoding/pre-commit-hooks
-   rev: v0.4.0
+   rev: v0.5.0
    hooks:
     - id: requirements-txt-sorter
       args:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ repos:
     - id: snippet-fmt
 
  - repo: https://github.com/python-formate/formate
-   rev: v0.9.0
+   rev: v1.1.2
    hooks:
     - id: formate
       exclude: ^(doc-source/conf|__pkginfo__|setup)\.(_)?py$
diff --git a/formate.toml b/formate.toml
index 3326e59..6cfc0b6 100644
--- a/formate.toml
+++ b/formate.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ reformat-generics = 40
 noqa-reformat = 60
 ellipsis-reformat = 70
 squish_stubs = 80
+newline_after_equals = 90
 
 [hooks.yapf]
 priority = 30
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3aea273..a043978 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ deps =
     git+https://github.com/python-formate/flake8-missing-annotations.git
     git+https://github.com/domdfcoding/pydocstyle.git@stub-functions
     pygments>=2.7.1
-    importlib_metadata<4.5.0; python_version<'3.8'
 commands = python3 -m flake8_rst_docstrings_sphinx flake8_params tests --allow-toolbox {posargs}
 
 [testenv:perflint]