diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8a3cc65..9b57f1b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ---
+ci:
+  skip:
+    # pre-commit.ci has trouble with this one
+    - update-docs
+    - black
+    - end-of-file-fixer
+    - trailing-whitespace
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v3.1.0
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/pre-commit-skip.yml b/changelogs/fragments/pre-commit-skip.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efe85b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/pre-commit-skip.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - Exempt update-docs from pre-commit.ci
+  - Disable black temporarily until it can be upgraded
+  - Disable end-of-file-fixer
+  - Disable trailing-whitespace