diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 890b94e90b..23e1a31ec0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter
-    rev: v1.7.7
+    rev: v1.7.8
     hooks:
       - id: docformatter
         args: [--in-place, --black]
diff --git a/changes/2847.misc.md b/changes/2847.misc.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a368a5a5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2847.misc.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter from v1.7.7 to 1.7.8.