diff --git a/requirements-tests-py3.txt b/requirements-tests-py3.txt
index 5b61d9fab..cddc53435 100644
--- a/requirements-tests-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests-py3.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 git+https://github.com/python/mypy.git@master
 typed-ast>=1.0.4
-black==19.3b0
+black==19.10b0
 flake8==3.8.2
 flake8-bugbear==20.1.4
 flake8-pyi==20.5.0
diff --git a/stdlib/3/encodings/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/3/encodings/__init__.pyi
index 23e7ea700..c75fd07c6 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/encodings/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/encodings/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This comment serves as a workaround for timothycrosley/isort#1027 and can
+# be removed when a release with a fix was released.
+
 import codecs
 
 from typing import Any