diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 88f82eea8f..a28ae3b634 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ repos:
 
 # Clang format the codebase automatically
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-  rev: "v19.1.3"
+  rev: "v19.1.4"
   hooks:
   - id: clang-format
     types_or: [c++, c, cuda]
 
 # Ruff, the Python auto-correcting linter/formatter written in Rust
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.7.2
+  rev: v0.8.1
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: ["--fix", "--show-fixes"]
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ repos:
 
 # Avoid directional quotes
 - repo: https://github.com/sirosen/texthooks
-  rev: "0.6.7"
+  rev: "0.6.8"
   hooks:
   - id: fix-ligatures
   - id: fix-smartquotes
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ repos:
 
 # PyLint has native support - not always usable, but works for us
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-  rev: "v3.3.1"
+  rev: "v3.3.2"
   hooks:
   - id: pylint
     files: ^pybind11
 
 # Check schemas on some of our YAML files
 - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-  rev: 0.29.4
+  rev: 0.30.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-readthedocs
   - id: check-github-workflows
diff --git a/docs/benchmark.py b/docs/benchmark.py
index a273674f45..26e390eb4e 100644
--- a/docs/benchmark.py
+++ b/docs/benchmark.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def generate_dummy_code_boost(nclasses=10):
     decl += "\n"
 
     for cl in range(nclasses):
-        decl += "class cl%03i {\n" % cl
+        decl += f"class cl{cl:03} {{\n"
         decl += "public:\n"
         bindings += f'    py::class_<cl{cl:03}>("cl{cl:03}")\n'
         for fn in range(nfns):
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ def generate_dummy_code_boost(nclasses=10):
         n2 = dt.datetime.now()
         elapsed = (n2 - n1).total_seconds()
         size = os.stat("test.so").st_size
-        print("   {%i, %f, %i}," % (nclasses * nfns, elapsed, size))
+        print(f"   {{{nclasses * nfns}, {elapsed:.6f}, {size}}},")
     print("}")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5e2651d6a..13dd04a518 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ ignore = [
   "PLR",    # Design related pylint
   "E501",   # Line too long (Black is enough)
   "PT011",  # Too broad with raises in pytest
-  "PT004",  # Fixture that doesn't return needs underscore (no, it is fine)
   "SIM118", # iter(x) is not always the same as iter(x.keys())
 ]
 unfixable = ["T20"]
diff --git a/tools/make_changelog.py b/tools/make_changelog.py
index daa966f204..b499d06ba6 100755
--- a/tools/make_changelog.py
+++ b/tools/make_changelog.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
             msg += "."
 
         msg += f"\n  `#{issue.number} <{issue.html_url}>`_"
-        for cat in cats:
+        for cat, cat_list in cats.items():
             if issue.title.lower().startswith(f"{cat}:"):
-                cats[cat].append(msg)
+                cat_list.append(msg)
                 break
         else:
             cats["unknown"].append(msg)