diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 199f72a5a..46634a6d8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.6.0
+    rev: 22.8.0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
         args:
         - --diff
         - --check
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 5.0.2
+    rev: 5.0.4
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-    rev: v2.13.9
+    rev: v2.15.2
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint
         files: ^(telegram|examples)/.*\.py$
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9184b0427..8b29b136d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 99
-target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310']
+target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
 
 [tool.isort]  # black config
 profile = "black"
diff --git a/telegram/_bot.py b/telegram/_bot.py
index b397bb615..1b8e5e87a 100644
--- a/telegram/_bot.py
+++ b/telegram/_bot.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject, AbstractAsyncContextManager):
 
         return decorator
 
-    def _insert_defaults(self, data: Dict[str, object]) -> None:  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+    def _insert_defaults(self, data: Dict[str, object]) -> None:  # skipcq: PYL-R0201
         """This method is here to make ext.Defaults work. Because we need to be able to tell
         e.g. `send_message(chat_id, text)` from `send_message(chat_id, text, parse_mode=None)`, the
         default values for `parse_mode` etc are not `None` but `DEFAULT_NONE`. While this *could*
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject, AbstractAsyncContextManager):
         )
         return result  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
-    def _effective_inline_results(  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+    def _effective_inline_results(  # skipcq: PYL-R0201
         self,
         results: Union[
             Sequence["InlineQueryResult"], Callable[[int], Optional[Sequence["InlineQueryResult"]]]
@@ -2781,9 +2781,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject, AbstractAsyncContextManager):
         return effective_results, next_offset
 
     @no_type_check  # mypy doesn't play too well with hasattr
-    def _insert_defaults_for_ilq_results(  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-        self, res: "InlineQueryResult"
-    ) -> None:
+    def _insert_defaults_for_ilq_results(self, res: "InlineQueryResult") -> None:
         """The reason why this method exists is similar to the description of _insert_defaults
         The reason why we do this in rather than in _insert_defaults is because converting
         DEFAULT_NONE to NONE *before* calling to_dict() makes it way easier to drop None entries
diff --git a/telegram/_telegramobject.py b/telegram/_telegramobject.py
index a4c9e2f35..515319594 100644
--- a/telegram/_telegramobject.py
+++ b/telegram/_telegramobject.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from telegram._utils.warnings import warn
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from telegram import Bot
 
-TO_co = TypeVar("TO_co", bound="TelegramObject", covariant=True)
+Tele_co = TypeVar("Tele_co", bound="TelegramObject", covariant=True)
 
 
 class TelegramObject:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TelegramObject:
         for key, val in state.items():
             setattr(self, key, val)
 
-    def __deepcopy__(self: TO_co, memodict: dict) -> TO_co:
+    def __deepcopy__(self: Tele_co, memodict: dict) -> Tele_co:
         """This method deepcopies the object and sets the bot on the newly created copy."""
         bot = self._bot  # Save bot so we can set it after copying
         self.set_bot(None)  # set to None so it is not deepcopied
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class TelegramObject:
                 value = getattr(self, key, None)
                 if value is not None:
                     if recursive and hasattr(value, "to_dict"):
-                        data[key] = value.to_dict()
+                        data[key] = value.to_dict()  # pylint: disable=no-member
                     else:
                         data[key] = value
                 elif not recursive:
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class TelegramObject:
         return None if data is None else data.copy()
 
     @classmethod
-    def de_json(cls: Type[TO_co], data: Optional[JSONDict], bot: "Bot") -> Optional[TO_co]:
+    def de_json(cls: Type[Tele_co], data: Optional[JSONDict], bot: "Bot") -> Optional[Tele_co]:
         """Converts JSON data to a Telegram object.
 
         Args:
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ class TelegramObject:
 
     @classmethod
     def de_list(
-        cls: Type[TO_co], data: Optional[List[JSONDict]], bot: "Bot"
-    ) -> List[Optional[TO_co]]:
+        cls: Type[Tele_co], data: Optional[List[JSONDict]], bot: "Bot"
+    ) -> List[Optional[Tele_co]]:
         """Converts JSON data to a list of Telegram objects.
 
         Args:
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ class TelegramObject:
 
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
-            if self._id_attrs == ():
+            if not self._id_attrs:
                 warn(
                     f"Objects of type {self.__class__.__name__} can not be meaningfully tested for"
                     " equivalence.",
                     stacklevel=2,
                 )
-            if other._id_attrs == ():
+            if not other._id_attrs:
                 warn(
                     f"Objects of type {other.__class__.__name__} can not be meaningfully tested"
                     " for equivalence.",
diff --git a/telegram/constants.py b/telegram/constants.py
index db3c072fa..b3f4e9c5c 100644
--- a/telegram/constants.py
+++ b/telegram/constants.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ those classes.
 
     * Most of the constants in this module are grouped into enums.
 """
+# TODO: Remove this when https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6887 is resolved.
+# pylint: disable=invalid-enum-extension
 
 __all__ = [
     "BOT_API_VERSION",
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_basepersistence.py b/telegram/ext/_basepersistence.py
index 6c2901529..b70f1794f 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_basepersistence.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_basepersistence.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class BasePersistence(Generic[UD, CD, BD], ABC):
         return self._update_interval
 
     @update_interval.setter
-    def update_interval(self, value: object) -> NoReturn:  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+    def update_interval(self, value: object) -> NoReturn:
         raise AttributeError(
             "You can not assign a new value to update_interval after initialization."
         )
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py b/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
index e3331f532..d2315726f 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
-# pylint: disable=no-self-use
 """This module contains the CallbackContext class."""
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Coroutine, Dict, Generic, List, Match, NoReturn, Optional, Type
 
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_conversationhandler.py b/telegram/ext/_conversationhandler.py
index 715dac72e..33db09de3 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_conversationhandler.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_conversationhandler.py
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
-# pylint: disable=no-self-use
 """This module contains the ConversationHandler."""
 import asyncio
 import datetime
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import (  # pylint: disable=unused-import  # for the "Any" import
+from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     ClassVar,
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_defaults.py b/telegram/ext/_defaults.py
index 0636322da..17c380a11 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_defaults.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_defaults.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].
-# pylint: disable=no-self-use
 """This module contains the class Defaults, which allows passing default values to Application."""
 from typing import Any, Dict, NoReturn, Optional
 
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py b/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
index e08bce5d8..5975012f7 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ from telegram.ext._utils.types import BD, CD, UD, CDCData, ConversationDict, Con
 _REPLACED_KNOWN_BOT = "a known bot replaced by PTB's PicklePersistence"
 _REPLACED_UNKNOWN_BOT = "an unknown bot replaced by PTB's PicklePersistence"
 
-TO = TypeVar("TO", bound=TelegramObject)
+TelegramObj = TypeVar("TelegramObj", bound=TelegramObject)
 
 
-def _all_subclasses(cls: Type[TO]) -> Set[Type[TO]]:
+def _all_subclasses(cls: Type[TelegramObj]) -> Set[Type[TelegramObj]]:
     """Gets all subclasses of the specified object, recursively. from
     https://stackoverflow.com/a/3862957/9706202
     """
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def _all_subclasses(cls: Type[TO]) -> Set[Type[TO]]:
     return set(subclasses).union([s for c in subclasses for s in _all_subclasses(c)])
 
 
-def _reconstruct_to(cls: Type[TO], kwargs: dict) -> TO:
+def _reconstruct_to(cls: Type[TelegramObj], kwargs: dict) -> TelegramObj:
     """
     This method is used for unpickling. The data, which is in the form a dictionary, is
     converted back into a class. Works mostly the same as :meth:`TelegramObject.__setstate__`.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def _reconstruct_to(cls: Type[TO], kwargs: dict) -> TO:
     return obj  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
 
-def _custom_reduction(cls: TO) -> Tuple[Callable, Tuple[Type[TO], dict]]:
+def _custom_reduction(cls: TelegramObj) -> Tuple[Callable, Tuple[Type[TelegramObj], dict]]:
     """
     This method is used for pickling. The bot attribute is preserved so _BotPickler().persistent_id
     works as intended.
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ class _BotPickler(pickle.Pickler):
                 self.dispatch_table[obj] = _custom_reduction
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def reducer_override(  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-        self, obj: TO
-    ) -> Tuple[Callable, Tuple[Type[TO], dict]]:
+    def reducer_override(  # skipcq: PYL-R0201
+        self, obj: TelegramObj
+    ) -> Tuple[Callable, Tuple[Type[TelegramObj], dict]]:
         if not isinstance(obj, TelegramObject):
             return NotImplemented
 
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_utils/webhookhandler.py b/telegram/ext/_utils/webhookhandler.py
index 2f3dba051..b59c29fe7 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_utils/webhookhandler.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_utils/webhookhandler.py
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ class TelegramHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         """Initialize for each request - that's the interface provided by tornado"""
         # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self.bot = bot
-        self.update_queue = update_queue
-        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-        self.secret_token = secret_token
+        self.update_queue = update_queue  # skipcq: PYL-W0201
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)  # skipcq: PYL-W0201
+        self.secret_token = secret_token  # skipcq: PYL-W0201
         if secret_token:
             self._logger.debug(
-                "The webhook server has a secret token, " "expecting it in incoming requests now"
+                "The webhook server has a secret token, expecting it in incoming requests now"
             )
 
     def set_default_headers(self) -> None:
diff --git a/telegram/ext/filters.py b/telegram/ext/filters.py
index 5a705ee3f..ffb8ba815 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/filters.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/filters.py
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ class BaseFilter:
         self._name = self.__class__.__name__ if name is None else name
         self._data_filter = data_filter
 
-    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-    def check_update(self, update: Update) -> Optional[Union[bool, DataDict]]:
+    def check_update(self, update: Update) -> Optional[Union[bool, DataDict]]:  # skipcq: PYL-R0201
         """Checks if the specified update is a message."""
         if (  # Only message updates should be handled.
             update.channel_post