diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 6c8065c7391..fdafd76c3cf 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -152,3 +152,11 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
 end_of_line = unset
 charset = unset
 insert_final_newline = unset
+
+# These are valid UTF-8 text but contain a few stray control characters that
+# editorconfig-checker's binary detection flags as non-utf-8.
+# configure is autoconf-generated and uses BEL (\007) as an awk field
+# separator; lib/external/ccmath is vendored third-party code; the two
+# r.drain READMEs are historical, pre-existing content.
+[{configure,raster/r.drain/README,scripts/r.drain/README,lib/external/ccmath/C01-matrix}]
+charset = unset
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index df1ee27f595..b7f9281d37b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ repos:
           # https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor-pre-commit/blob/120fe9ac3c965ab7decf67e8b9ca24b274230eed/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml#L10
           - "--no-progress"
   - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker
-    rev: v3.6.1
+    rev: v3.11.3
     hooks:
       - id: editorconfig-checker
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell