diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 278bb98538..3cd13bb307 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ repos:
         args: [--relative, --no-progress, --no-summary]
         name: Spell check with cspell
   - repo: https://github.com/sirosen/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.19.2
+    rev: 0.20.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-github-workflows
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.git
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: doc8
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
-    rev: v1.28.0
+    rev: v1.29.0
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
         exclude: >
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ repos:
             plugins/.*
           )$
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-    rev: v2.15.9
+    rev: v2.16.0b0
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         args:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/fake_module.py b/plugins/modules/fake_module.py
index 29e8dc0adb..141362e412 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/fake_module.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/fake_module.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 def main() -> None:
     """Return the module instance."""
     return AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=dict(
-            data=dict(default=None),
-            path=dict(default=None, type=str),
-            file=dict(default=None, type=str),
-        )
+        argument_spec={
+            "data": {"default": None},
+            "path": {"default": None},
+            "file": {"default": None},
+        }
     )
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
index aa71288bac..4054cab00b 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def play_children(
             v = template(
                 os.path.abspath(basedir),
                 v,
-                dict(playbook_dir=PLAYBOOK_DIR or os.path.abspath(basedir)),
+                {"playbook_dir": PLAYBOOK_DIR or os.path.abspath(basedir)},
                 fail_on_undefined=False,
             )
             return delegate_map[k](basedir, k, v, parent_type)
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def _look_for_role_files(
 
 def _kv_to_dict(v: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     (command, args, kwargs) = tokenize(v)
-    return dict(__ansible_module__=command, __ansible_arguments__=args, **kwargs)
+    return {"__ansible_module__": command, "__ansible_arguments__": args, **kwargs}
 
 
 def _sanitize_task(task: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -564,10 +564,10 @@ def normalize_task_v2(task: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     if is_nested_task(task):
         _extract_ansible_parsed_keys_from_task(result, task, ansible_parsed_keys)
         # Add dummy action for block/always/rescue statements
-        result["action"] = dict(
-            __ansible_module__="block/always/rescue",
-            __ansible_module_original__="block/always/rescue",
-        )
+        result["action"] = {
+            "__ansible_module__": "block/always/rescue",
+            "__ansible_module_original__": "block/always/rescue",
+        }
 
         return result
 
@@ -604,9 +604,10 @@ def normalize_task_v2(task: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     # the opposite. Mainly we currently consider normalized the module listing
     # used by `ansible-doc -t module -l 2>/dev/null`
     action = removeprefix(action, "ansible.builtin.")
-    result["action"] = dict(
-        __ansible_module__=action, __ansible_module_original__=action_unnormalized
-    )
+    result["action"] = {
+        "__ansible_module__": action,
+        "__ansible_module_original__": action_unnormalized,
+    }
 
     if "_raw_params" in arguments:
         # Doing a split here is really bad as it would break jinja2 templating
diff --git a/test/test_ansiblelintrule.py b/test/test_ansiblelintrule.py
index 62f37a5882..4afcd596e1 100644
--- a/test/test_ansiblelintrule.py
+++ b/test/test_ansiblelintrule.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_unjinja() -> None:
     assert AnsibleLintRule.unjinja(text) == output
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("rule_config", ({}, dict(foo=True, bar=1)))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rule_config", ({}, {"foo": True, "bar": 1}))
 def test_rule_config(rule_config: dict[str, Any], monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     """Check that a rule config is inherited from options."""
     rule_id = "rule-0"
diff --git a/test/test_matcherrror.py b/test/test_matcherrror.py
index 3dfec6d32c..d3e893e28c 100644
--- a/test/test_matcherrror.py
+++ b/test/test_matcherrror.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_matcherror_invalid() -> None:
         r"^MatchError\(\) missing a required argument: one of 'message' or 'rule'$"
     )
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=expected_err):
-        MatchError()
+        raise MatchError()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/test/test_skiputils.py b/test/test_skiputils.py
index fc9151b2c6..e08bd470ef 100644
--- a/test/test_skiputils.py
+++ b/test/test_skiputils.py
@@ -189,31 +189,31 @@ def test_append_skipped_rules(
     ("task", "expected"),
     (
         pytest.param(
-            dict(
-                name="ensure apache is at the latest version",
-                yum={"name": "httpd", "state": "latest"},
-            ),
+            {
+                "name": "ensure apache is at the latest version",
+                "yum": {"name": "httpd", "state": "latest"},
+            },
             False,
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            dict(
-                name="Attempt and graceful roll back",
-                block=[
+            {
+                "name": "Attempt and graceful roll back",
+                "block": [
                     {"name": "Force a failure", "ansible.builtin.command": "/bin/false"}
                 ],
-                rescue=[
+                "rescue": [
                     {
                         "name": "Force a failure in middle of recovery!",
                         "ansible.builtin.command": "/bin/false",
                     }
                 ],
-                always=[
+                "always": [
                     {
                         "name": "Always do this",
                         "ansible.builtin.debug": {"msg": "This always executes"},
                     }
                 ],
-            ),
+            },
             True,
         ),
     ),
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 5099a420a1..1b8f9effa2 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def test_tokenize(
     ("reference_form", "alternate_forms"),
     (
         pytest.param(
-            dict(name="hello", action="command chdir=abc echo hello world"),
-            (dict(name="hello", command="chdir=abc echo hello world"),),
+            {"name": "hello", "action": "command chdir=abc echo hello world"},
+            ({"name": "hello", "command": "chdir=abc echo hello world"},),
             id="simple_command",
         ),
         pytest.param(
@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@ def test_normalize(
 
 def test_normalize_complex_command() -> None:
     """Test that tasks specified differently are normalized same way."""
-    task1 = dict(
-        name="hello", action={"module": "pip", "name": "df", "editable": "false"}
-    )
-    task2 = dict(name="hello", pip={"name": "df", "editable": "false"})
-    task3 = dict(name="hello", pip="name=df editable=false")
-    task4 = dict(name="hello", action="pip name=df editable=false")
+    task1 = {
+        "name": "hello",
+        "action": {"module": "pip", "name": "df", "editable": "false"},
+    }
+    task2 = {"name": "hello", "pip": {"name": "df", "editable": "false"}}
+    task3 = {"name": "hello", "pip": "name=df editable=false"}
+    task4 = {"name": "hello", "action": "pip name=df editable=false"}
     assert utils.normalize_task(task1, "tasks.yml") == utils.normalize_task(
         task2, "tasks.yml"
     )
@@ -134,47 +135,47 @@ def test_normalize_complex_command() -> None:
     ("task", "expected_form"),
     (
         pytest.param(
-            dict(
-                name="ensure apache is at the latest version",
-                yum={"name": "httpd", "state": "latest"},
-            ),
-            dict(
-                delegate_to=Sentinel,
-                name="ensure apache is at the latest version",
-                action={
+            {
+                "name": "ensure apache is at the latest version",
+                "yum": {"name": "httpd", "state": "latest"},
+            },
+            {
+                "delegate_to": Sentinel,
+                "name": "ensure apache is at the latest version",
+                "action": {
                     "__ansible_module__": "yum",
                     "__ansible_module_original__": "yum",
                     "__ansible_arguments__": [],
                     "name": "httpd",
                     "state": "latest",
                 },
-            ),
+            },
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            dict(
-                name="Attempt and graceful roll back",
-                block=[
+            {
+                "name": "Attempt and graceful roll back",
+                "block": [
                     {
                         "name": "Install httpd and memcached",
                         "ansible.builtin.yum": ["httpd", "memcached"],
                         "state": "present",
                     }
                 ],
-            ),
-            dict(
-                name="Attempt and graceful roll back",
-                block=[
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "Attempt and graceful roll back",
+                "block": [
                     {
                         "name": "Install httpd and memcached",
                         "ansible.builtin.yum": ["httpd", "memcached"],
                         "state": "present",
                     }
                 ],
-                action={
+                "action": {
                     "__ansible_module__": "block/always/rescue",
                     "__ansible_module_original__": "block/always/rescue",
                 },
-            ),
+            },
         ),
     ),
 )
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ def test_template(template: str, output: str) -> None:
     result = utils.template(
         basedir="/base/dir",
         value=template,
-        variables=dict(playbook_dir="/a/b/c"),
+        variables={"playbook_dir": "/a/b/c"},
         fail_on_error=False,
     )
     assert result == output
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def test_template(template: str, output: str) -> None:
 
 def test_task_to_str_unicode() -> None:
     """Ensure that extracting messages from tasks preserves Unicode."""
-    task = dict(fail=dict(msg="unicode é ô à"))
+    task = {"fail": {"msg": "unicode é ô à"}}
     result = utils.task_to_str(utils.normalize_task(task, "filename.yml"))
     assert result == "fail msg=unicode é ô à"