diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a003c5451..cb4b56d42 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort.git
-    rev: 4.3.21
+    rev: 5.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-yapf
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2a22d21be..ebc6dcad3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
 per-file-ignores =
     */__init__.py: F401
-
-[isort]
-known_first_party=data_juicer