diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9b6440ef04..19ceeebcda 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
     files: '^testing/btest/.*$'
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-  rev: v20.1.7
+  rev: v20.1.8
   hooks:
   - id: clang-format
     types_or:
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ repos:
       - "json"
 
 - repo: https://github.com/maxwinterstein/shfmt-py
-  rev: v3.11.0.2
+  rev: v3.12.0.1
   hooks:
     - id: shfmt
       args: ["-w", "-i", "4", "-ci"]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.12.1
+  rev: v0.12.8
   hooks:
     - id: ruff
       args: [--fix]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
   - id: cmake-format
 
 - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
-  rev: v1.33.1
+  rev: v1.35.3
   hooks:
     - id: typos
       exclude: '^(.typos.toml|src/SmithWaterman.cc|testing/.*|auxil/.*|scripts/base/frameworks/files/magic/.*|CHANGES|scripts/base/protocols/ssl/mozilla-ca-list.zeek)$'
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index baeb97200a..ad6099495b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+8.0.0-rc1.6 | 2025-08-12 12:41:33 -0700
+
+  * Bump pre-commit hooks (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
+    (cherry picked from commit cc59bfa5d8a3e9fddc5d65adee68e1937ea5eda7)
+
+  * Bump auxil/spicy to latest development snapshot (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
+    (cherry picked from commit cc59bfa5d8a3e9fddc5d65adee68e1937ea5eda7)
+
+  * Update docs submodule with 8.0.0-rc2 changes [nomail] [skip ci] (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-rc1.4 | 2025-08-11 11:38:57 -0700
 
   * smb2/read: Parse only 1 byte for data_offset, ignore reserved1 (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ac722fc67c..6ff4ead650 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-rc1.4
+8.0.0-rc1.6
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index 140e88c9a8..cef9b56b5a 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 140e88c9a8e04eca801bbd891e085cc180eee43f
+Subproject commit cef9b56b5a77a3727036ecfe5f806f513bb1359e
diff --git a/src/cluster/Backend.h b/src/cluster/Backend.h
index 9775d598f0..4d520a1387 100644
--- a/src/cluster/Backend.h
+++ b/src/cluster/Backend.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
     bool ProcessEvent(std::string_view topic, cluster::Event e) { return DoProcessEvent(topic, std::move(e)); }
 
     /**
-     * Method for enquing backend specific events.
+     * Method for enqueuing backend specific events.
      *
      * Some backend's may raise events destined for the local
      * scripting layer. That's usually wanted, but not always.