diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 28f5c9c2..eb7cbc01 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.9.9
+    rev: v0.11.8
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --unsafe-fixes]
       - id: ruff-format
 
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
-    rev: v0.23
+    rev: v0.24.1
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject
 
diff --git a/src/superqt/fonticon/_qfont_icon.py b/src/superqt/fonticon/_qfont_icon.py
index 72f6bf11..fd6fbd48 100644
--- a/src/superqt/fonticon/_qfont_icon.py
+++ b/src/superqt/fonticon/_qfont_icon.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class IconOpts:
     def dict(self) -> IconOptionDict:
         # not using asdict due to pickle errors on animation
         d = {k: v for k, v in vars(self).items() if v is not _Unset}
-        return cast(IconOptionDict, d)
+        return cast("IconOptionDict", d)
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def _update(self, icon_opts: IconOpts) -> _IconOptions:
 
     def dict(self) -> IconOptionDict:
         # not using asdict due to pickle errors on animation
-        return cast(IconOptionDict, vars(self))
+        return cast("IconOptionDict", vars(self))
 
 
 class _QFontIconEngine(QIconEngine):
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def __init__(self, options: _IconOptions):
 
     @property
     def _default_opts(self) -> _IconOptions:
-        return cast(_IconOptions, self._opts[QIcon.State.Off][QIcon.Mode.Normal])
+        return cast("_IconOptions", self._opts[QIcon.State.Off][QIcon.Mode.Normal])
 
     def _add_opts(self, state: QIcon.State, mode: QIcon.Mode, opts: IconOpts) -> None:
         self._opts[state][mode] = self._default_opts._update(opts)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class QFontIconStore(QObject):
 
     def __init__(self, parent: QObject | None = None) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
-        if tuple(cast(str, QT_VERSION).split(".")) < ("6", "0"):
+        if tuple(cast("str", QT_VERSION).split(".")) < ("6", "0"):
             # QT6 drops this
             QApplication.setAttribute(Qt.ApplicationAttribute.AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps)
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def addFont(
         # in Qt6, everything becomes a static member
         QFd: QFontDatabase | type[QFontDatabase] = (
             QFontDatabase()
-            if tuple(cast(str, QT_VERSION).split(".")) < ("6", "0")
+            if tuple(cast("str", QT_VERSION).split(".")) < ("6", "0")
             else QFontDatabase
         )
 
diff --git a/src/superqt/sliders/_sliders.py b/src/superqt/sliders/_sliders.py
index 65c85ccd..28663fc7 100644
--- a/src/superqt/sliders/_sliders.py
+++ b/src/superqt/sliders/_sliders.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._singleStep = 1
 
     def _type_cast(self, value) -> int:
-        return int(round(value))
+        return round(value)
 
 
 class _FloatMixin: