diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 578d17f769..ad23a3c895 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ repos:
     rev: "v2.7.1"
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.15.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py38-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: "v1.7.1" # Use the sha / tag you want to point at
     hooks:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 560df29775..e81fb7093b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 - Fix incorrectly failing linting if 'modules' was not found in meta.yml ([#2447](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2447))
 - Correctly pass subworkflow linting test if `COMPONENT.out.versions` is used in the script ([#2448](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2448))
+- Add pyupgrade to pre-commit config and dev requirements as mentioned in [#2200](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/2200)
 - Check for spaces in modules container URLs ([#2452](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/2452))
 - Correctly ignore `timeline.enabled`, `report.enabled`, `trace.enabled`, `dag.enabled` variables when linting a pipeline. ([#2507](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2507))
 - Lint nf-test main.nf.test tags include all used components in chained tests ([#2572](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2572))
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 3ef0593085..13dba6f30d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Sphinx
 sphinx-rtd-theme
 mypy
 types-PyYAML
+pyupgrade
 types-requests
 types-jsonschema
 types-Markdown