diff --git a/src/caelestia/utils/dots/manifest.py b/src/caelestia/utils/dots/manifest.py
index 016c56c..f4acfb5 100644
--- a/src/caelestia/utils/dots/manifest.py
+++ b/src/caelestia/utils/dots/manifest.py
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ class Manifest:
         except tomllib.TOMLDecodeError as e:
             raise ManifestError(f"invalid TOML: {e}") from e
 
-        hooks = raw.get("hooks", {})
-        post_install = _validate_str_list(hooks.get("post_install", []), "hooks.post_install")
-        post_update = _validate_str_list(hooks.get("post_update", []), "hooks.post_update")
+        post_install = _validate_str_list(raw.get("post_install", []), "post_install")
+        post_update = _validate_str_list(raw.get("post_update", []), "post_update")
 
         packages = _validate_str_list(raw.get("packages", []), "packages")