diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6a9fde6a5..fb583b111 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ repos:
     - id: pyproject-fmt
       # https://pyproject-fmt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#calculating-max-supported-python-version
       additional_dependencies: ["tox>=4.9"]
+-   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.15.2
+    hooks:
+    -   id: pyupgrade
+        stages: [manual]
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint
diff --git a/testing/test_unittest.py b/testing/test_unittest.py
index c359715dc..9561cad5e 100644
--- a/testing/test_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/test_unittest.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def test_testcase_adderrorandfailure_defers(pytester: Pytester, type: str) -> No
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("type", ["Error", "Failure"])
 def test_testcase_custom_exception_info(pytester: Pytester, type: str) -> None:
     pytester.makepyfile(
-        """
+        f"""
         from typing import Generic, TypeVar
         from unittest import TestCase
         import pytest, _pytest._code
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def test_testcase_custom_exception_info(pytester: Pytester, type: str) -> None:
 
             def test_hello(self):
                 pass
-    """.format(**locals())
+    """
     )
     result = pytester.runpytest()
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(