diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 029dcda58f..b4e7ab3ccf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,27 +6,25 @@ default_stages: [commit, push]
 default_language_version:
   python: python3
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: 'v0.0.224'
+    rev: 'v0.1.8'
     hooks:
     - id: ruff
-      # Respect `exclude` and `extend-exclude` settings.
-      args: ["--force-exclude"]
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.10.1
+    rev: 23.12.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.2.5
+    rev: v2.2.6
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
     - id: check-yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.3.0
+    rev: v1.7.1
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         files: zarr
diff --git a/zarr/core.py b/zarr/core.py
index c07a31e95f..d22a9d79c3 100644
--- a/zarr/core.py
+++ b/zarr/core.py
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ def hexdigest(self, hashname="sha1"):
         checksum = binascii.hexlify(self.digest(hashname=hashname))
 
         # This is a bytes object on Python 3 and we want a str.
-        if type(checksum) is not str:
+        if not isinstance(checksum, str):
             checksum = checksum.decode("utf8")
 
         return checksum