diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 6fd67c26..1d317e49 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -12,20 +12,34 @@ ignore =
     C408,
 
     # To be addressed:
-    D100,  # Missing docstring in public module
-    D101,  # Missing docstring in public class
-    D102,  # Missing docstring in public method
-    D103,  # Missing docstring in public function
-    D104,  # Missing docstring in public package
-    D105,  # Missing docstring in magic method
-    D107,  # Missing docstring in __init__
-    D200,  # One-line docstring should fit on one line with quotes
-    D202,  # No blank lines allowed after function docstring
-    D205,  # 1 blank line required between summary line and description
-    D209,  # Multi-line docstring closing quotes should be on a separate line
-    D400,  # First line should end with a period
-    D401,  # First line should be in imperative mood
-    D402   # First line should not be the function's "signature"
+    # Missing docstring in public module
+    D100,
+    # Missing docstring in public class
+    D101,
+    # Missing docstring in public method
+    D102,
+    # Missing docstring in public function
+    D103,
+    # Missing docstring in public package
+    D104,
+    # Missing docstring in magic method
+    D105,
+    # Missing docstring in __init__
+    D107,
+    # One-line docstring should fit on one line with quotes
+    D200,
+    # No blank lines allowed after function docstring
+    D202,
+    # 1 blank line required between summary line and description
+    D205,
+    # Multi-line docstring closing quotes should be on a separate line
+    D209,
+    # First line should end with a period
+    D400,
+    # First line should be in imperative mood
+    D401,
+    # First line should not be the function's "signature"
+    D402
 
 per-file-ignores =
     # F401: Ignore "imported but unused" errors in __init__ files, as those
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8121eb3c..99c37e9a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ repos:
           - flake8-docstrings
           - flake8-string-format
     repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 4.0.1
+    rev: 6.1.0
diff --git a/tests/test_injection.py b/tests/test_injection.py
index 9a0f0eba..799df630 100644
--- a/tests/test_injection.py
+++ b/tests/test_injection.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ def test_load_provider_classes():
     injector = get_injector_for_testing(
         {provider_as_string: 2, HttpResponseProvider: 1}
     )
-    assert all(type(prov) == HttpResponseProvider for prov in injector.providers)
+    assert all(type(prov) is HttpResponseProvider for prov in injector.providers)
     assert len(injector.providers) == 2
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index bb0faa76..f09e6d10 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ def parse(
 @inlineCallbacks
 def test_multi_args_callbacks(settings):
     item, _, _ = yield crawl_single_item(MultiArgsCallbackSpider, ProductHtml, settings)
-    assert type(item["product"]) == ProductPage
-    assert type(item["provided"]) == ProvidedWithDeferred
+    assert type(item["product"]) is ProductPage
+    assert type(item["provided"]) is ProvidedWithDeferred
     assert item["cb_arg"] == "arg!"
     assert item["cb_arg2"] is False
     assert item["non_cb_arg"] is None