diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/install-and-test.yml
index 0b8862a4d..0940fd06b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-and-test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             torch_index: https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
           - device: gpu
             runner: "cirun-aws-runner--${{ github.run_id }}"
-            torch_index: https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu124
+            torch_index: https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 71e28ad75..9e13c9474 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bad37866e..6d36518c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Set ci/cd badges to refer to the new test matrix [\#130](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/130) @SimonKamuk
 
 ### Maintenance
+- update ci/cd testing to use cuda 12.8 [\#140](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/140) @SimonKamuk
+
+- update ci/cd testing to use pre-commit v3.0.1 [\#140](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/140) @SimonKamuk
+
 - update AWS GPU ci/cd to use ami with larger (200GB) root volume and ensure
   nvme drive is used for pip venvn
   [\#126](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/126), @leifdenby