diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c26835b..da6d4df 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
     - id: black
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-  rev: v3.0.3
+  rev: v3.3.6
   hooks:
     - id: pylint
       args: [--rcfile=.pylintrc]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 559079b..97b52e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,16 +109,30 @@ As the schema and API stabilizes a mid-term goal might be to replace PyMC `BaseT
 Getting rid of `MultiTrace` was a [long-term goal](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc/issues/4372#issuecomment-770100410) behind making `pm.sample(return_inferencedata=True)` the default.
 
 ## Development
-First clone the repository and install `mcbackend` locally:
+
+First clone the repository and set up a development environment containing the protobuf compiler.
 
 ```bash
+mamba create -n mcb python=3.11 grpcio-tools protobuf -y
+activate mcb
+pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+pip install --pre "betterproto[compiler]"
 pip install -e .
 ```
 
+To compile the `*.proto` files for languages other than Python, check the [ProtocolBuffers documentation](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/tutorials).
+
+The following script compiles them for Python using the [`betterproto`](https://github.com/danielgtaylor/python-betterproto) compiler plugin to get nice-looking dataclasses.
+It also copies the generated files to the right place in `mcbackend`.
+
+```bash
+python protobufs/generate.py
+pre-commit run --all
+```
+
 To run the tests:
 
 ```bash
-pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 pytest -v
 ```
 
@@ -128,19 +142,3 @@ To start one in Docker:
 ```bash
 docker run --detach --rm --name mcbackend-db -p 9000:9000 --ulimit nofile=262144:262144 clickhouse/clickhouse-server
 ```
-
-### Compiling the ProtocolBuffers
-If you don't already have it, first install the protobuf compiler:
-```bash
-conda install protobuf
-pip install --pre "betterproto[compiler]"
-```
-
-To compile the `*.proto` files for languages other than Python, check the [ProtocolBuffers documentation](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/tutorials).
-
-The following script compiles them for Python using the [`betterproto`](https://github.com/danielgtaylor/python-betterproto) compiler plugin to get nice-looking dataclasses.
-It also copies the generated files to the right place in `mcbackend`.
-
-```bash
-python protobufs/generate.py
-```
diff --git a/mcbackend/__init__.py b/mcbackend/__init__.py
index a0eb735..45ae0c8 100644
--- a/mcbackend/__init__.py
+++ b/mcbackend/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
 __all__ = [
     "NumPyBackend",
     "NullBackend",
diff --git a/mcbackend/meta.py b/mcbackend/meta.py
index 4ba18c2..ccd53b5 100644
--- a/mcbackend/meta.py
+++ b/mcbackend/meta.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # sources: meta.proto
 # plugin: python-betterproto
-# This file has been @generated
-
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Dict, List
diff --git a/mcbackend/npproto/__init__.py b/mcbackend/npproto/__init__.py
index 72c096a..e3d99a6 100644
--- a/mcbackend/npproto/__init__.py
+++ b/mcbackend/npproto/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # sources: npproto/ndarray.proto
 # plugin: python-betterproto
-# This file has been @generated
-
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import List
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 59a41df..4a24bc9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 arviz
 clickhouse-driver
 flake8
+pre-commit
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 twine
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb25bb6..23b1577 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-betterproto==2.0.0b6
+betterproto==2.0.0b7
 hagelkorn
 numpy
 pandas