diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 77e547a..b365818 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.23.3
+    rev: 0.26.3
     hooks:
       - id: check-github-workflows
 
   - repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
-    rev: 0.7.16
+    rev: 0.7.17
     hooks:
       - id: mdformat
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
       - id: black
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.281
+    rev: v0.0.287
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: ["--fix"]
diff --git a/jupyter_events/traits.py b/jupyter_events/traits.py
index 6a6a318..a0afe79 100644
--- a/jupyter_events/traits.py
+++ b/jupyter_events/traits.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def validate(self, obj, value):
             return out
         # If a list, check it's elements to verify
         # that each element is a logging handler instance.
-        elif type(value) == list:
+        elif isinstance(value, list):
             self.validate_elements(obj, value)
             return value
         else:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db5400f..dc562d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dependencies = ["mypy>=0.990"]
 test = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:.}"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint]
-dependencies = ["black[jupyter]==23.3.0", "mdformat>0.7", "ruff==0.0.281"]
+dependencies = ["black[jupyter]==23.3.0", "mdformat>0.7", "ruff==0.0.287"]
 detached = true
 [tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
 style = [