diff --git a/.github/sync-files.yaml b/.github/sync-files.yaml
index d6df8dc06c2..1fdbdba7fce 100644
--- a/.github/sync-files.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-files.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     - source: .github/pull_request_template.md
     - source: .github/stale.yml
     - source: .github/workflows/comment-on-pr.yaml
-    - source: .github/workflows/github-release.yaml
     - source: .github/workflows/pre-commit-optional.yaml
     - source: .github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml
     - source: .github/workflows/spell-check-differential.yaml
@@ -26,7 +25,13 @@
               "pattern": "^http://localhost"' \
           {source}
     - source: .markdownlint.yaml
+      pre-commands: |
+        sd 'MD059: false' 'MD059: false\nMD060: false' {source}
     - source: .pre-commit-config.yaml
+      pre-commands: |
+        sd -f s \
+        '  - repo: https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware-guideline-check\n(.|\n)*?\n  - repo: ' \
+        '  - repo: ' {source}
     - source: .pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
     - source: .prettierignore
     - source: .prettierrc.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbe2ac512d7..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/github-release.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# This file is automatically synced from:
-# https://github.com/autowarefoundation/sync-file-templates
-# To make changes, update the source repository and follow the guidelines in its README.
-
-name: github-release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - beta/v*
-    tags:
-      - v*
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      beta-branch-or-tag-name:
-        description: The name of the beta branch or tag to release
-        type: string
-        required: true
-
-jobs:
-  github-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Set tag name
-        id: set-tag-name
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-            REF_NAME="${{ github.event.inputs.beta-branch-or-tag-name }}"
-          else
-            REF_NAME="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          fi
-
-          echo "ref-name=$REF_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tag-name=${REF_NAME#beta/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.ref-name }}
-
-      - name: Set target name for beta branches
-        id: set-target-name
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.ref-name }}" =~ "beta/" ]]; then
-            echo "target-name=${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.ref-name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create a local tag for beta branches
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.set-target-name.outputs.target-name }}" != "" ]; then
-            git tag "${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.tag-name }}"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Run generate-changelog
-        id: generate-changelog
-        uses: autowarefoundation/autoware-github-actions/generate-changelog@v1
-
-      - name: Select verb
-        id: select-verb
-        run: |
-          has_previous_draft=$(gh release view --json isDraft -q ".isDraft" "${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.tag-name }}") || true
-
-          verb=create
-          if [ "$has_previous_draft" = "true" ]; then
-            verb=edit
-          fi
-
-          echo "verb=$verb" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Release to GitHub
-        run: |
-          gh release ${{ steps.select-verb.outputs.verb }} "${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.tag-name }}" \
-            --draft \
-            --target "${{ steps.set-target-name.outputs.target-name }}" \
-            --title "Release ${{ steps.set-tag-name.outputs.tag-name }}" \
-            --notes "$NOTES"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NOTES: ${{ steps.generate-changelog.outputs.changelog }}
diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
index 584154b2009..85898d5617e 100644
--- a/.markdownlint.yaml
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ MD041: false
 MD045: false
 MD046: false
 MD049: false
+MD059: false
+MD060: false
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml b/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
index ff325af5e87..903cacb8cb8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,16 @@
 # https://github.com/autowarefoundation/sync-file-templates
 # To make changes, update the source repository and follow the guidelines in its README.
 
+# https://pre-commit.ci/#configuration
+ci:
+  autofix_commit_msg: "style(pre-commit-optional): autofix"
+  # we already have our own daily update mechanism, we set this to quarterly
+  autoupdate_schedule: quarterly
+  autoupdate_commit_msg: "ci(pre-commit-optional): quarterly autoupdate"
+
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check
-    rev: v3.12.2
+    rev: v3.14.2
     hooks:
       - id: markdown-link-check
         args: [--quiet, --config=.markdown-link-check.json]
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 48a97c13ef9..f126e38da28 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v5.0.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-json
       - id: check-merge-conflict
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ repos:
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.43.0
+    rev: v0.46.0
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         args: [-c, .markdownlint.yaml, --fix]
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
       - id: prettier
 
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
-    rev: v1.35.1
+    rev: v1.37.1
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
 
@@ -52,42 +52,43 @@ repos:
       - id: sort-package-xml
 
   - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
-    rev: v0.10.0.1
+    rev: v0.11.0.1
     hooks:
       - id: shellcheck
 
   - repo: https://github.com/scop/pre-commit-shfmt
-    rev: v3.10.0-2
+    rev: v3.12.0-2
     hooks:
       - id: shfmt
         args: [-w, -s, -i=4]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.13.2
+    rev: 7.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: isort
+        args: [--profile=black, --line-length=100]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.10.0
+    rev: 25.11.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
         args: [--line-length=100]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-    rev: v19.1.5
+    rev: v21.1.6
     hooks:
       - id: clang-format
         types_or: [c++, c, cuda]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint
-    rev: 2.0.0
+    rev: 2.0.2
     hooks:
       - id: cpplint
         args: [--quiet]
         exclude: .cu
 
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.30.0
+    rev: 0.35.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-metaschema
         files: ^.+/schema/.*schema\.json$
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies: [prettier@2.7.1, "@prettier/plugin-xml@2.2.0"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/AleksaC/hadolint-py
-    rev: v2.12.1b3
+    rev: v2.14.0
     hooks:
       - id: hadolint
         exclude: .svg$