diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 663bc64c206..19329cb21b8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+default_language_version:
+    python: "3.10"
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 22.8.0
diff --git a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
index 06eb82d7191..0ab7ab2de4f 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/recwarn.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def warns(  # noqa: F811
             return func(*args[1:], **kwargs)
 
 
-class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):
+class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):  # type:ignore[type-arg]
     """A context manager to record raised warnings.
 
     Each recorded warning is an instance of :class:`warnings.WarningMessage`.