diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6f879136b..bc6cf880c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 23.10.1
     hooks:
     -   id: black
         args:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-    rev: v3.0.0
+    rev: v3.0.1
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint
         files: ^(telegram|examples)/.*\.py$
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repos:
           - aiolimiter~=1.1.0
           - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.6.1
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
         name: mypy-ptb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ repos:
         - cachetools~=5.3.2
         - . # this basically does `pip install -e .`
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.13.0
+    rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         files: ^(telegram|examples|tests|docs)/.*\.py$
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ repos:
         - --diff
         - --check
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: 'v0.0.292'
+    rev: 'v0.1.5'
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
         name: ruff
diff --git a/telegram/_menubutton.py b/telegram/_menubutton.py
index a83f4038e..ddb99c418 100644
--- a/telegram/_menubutton.py
+++ b/telegram/_menubutton.py
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ class MenuButton(TelegramObject):
     __slots__ = ("type",)
 
     def __init__(
-        self, type: str, *, api_kwargs: Optional[JSONDict] = None  # skipcq: PYL-W0622
+        self,
+        type: str,  # skipcq: PYL-W0622
+        *,
+        api_kwargs: Optional[JSONDict] = None,
     ):  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
         super().__init__(api_kwargs=api_kwargs)
         self.type: str = type
diff --git a/telegram/_passport/credentials.py b/telegram/_passport/credentials.py
index adcb11f86..b9f012806 100644
--- a/telegram/_passport/credentials.py
+++ b/telegram/_passport/credentials.py
@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@ class _CredentialsBase(TelegramObject):
     __slots__ = ("hash", "secret", "file_hash", "data_hash")
 
     def __init__(
-        self, hash: str, secret: str, *, api_kwargs: Optional[JSONDict] = None  # skipcq: PYL-W0622
+        self,
+        hash: str,  # skipcq: PYL-W0622
+        secret: str,
+        *,
+        api_kwargs: Optional[JSONDict] = None,
     ):
         super().__init__(api_kwargs=api_kwargs)
         with self._unfrozen():
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_application.py b/telegram/ext/_application.py
index 99a5e32f3..5cc4b72c4 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_application.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_application.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ class Application(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ], AsyncContextManager["Applica
                 return await asyncio.create_task(coroutine)
             # If user uses generator in python 3.12+, Exception will happen and we cannot do
             # anything about it. (hence the type ignore if mypy is run on python 3.12-)
-            return await coroutine  # type: ignore
+            return await coroutine  # type: ignore[misc]
         except Exception as exception:
             if isinstance(exception, ApplicationHandlerStop):
                 warn(
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ class Application(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ], AsyncContextManager["Applica
             chat_id (:obj:`int`): The chat id to delete. The entry will be deleted even if it is
                 not empty.
         """
-        self._chat_data.pop(chat_id, None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        self._chat_data.pop(chat_id, None)
         self._chat_ids_to_be_deleted_in_persistence.add(chat_id)
 
     def drop_user_data(self, user_id: int) -> None:
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ class Application(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ], AsyncContextManager["Applica
             user_id (:obj:`int`): The user id to delete. The entry will be deleted even if it is
                 not empty.
         """
-        self._user_data.pop(user_id, None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        self._user_data.pop(user_id, None)
         self._user_ids_to_be_deleted_in_persistence.add(user_id)
 
     def migrate_chat_data(
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_applicationbuilder.py b/telegram/ext/_applicationbuilder.py
index 05806f233..664989b18 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_applicationbuilder.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_applicationbuilder.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from telegram.request._httpxrequest import HTTPXRequest
 from telegram.warnings import PTBDeprecationWarning
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from telegram import Update
     from telegram.ext import BasePersistence, BaseRateLimiter, CallbackContext, Defaults
     from telegram.ext._utils.types import RLARGS
 
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ class ApplicationBuilder(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ]):
         self._arbitrary_callback_data: Union[DefaultValue[bool], int] = DEFAULT_FALSE
         self._local_mode: DVType[bool] = DEFAULT_FALSE
         self._bot: DVInput[Bot] = DEFAULT_NONE
-        self._update_queue: DVType[Queue] = DefaultValue(Queue())
+        self._update_queue: DVType[Queue[Union[Update, object]]] = DefaultValue(Queue())
 
         try:
             self._job_queue: ODVInput[JobQueue] = DefaultValue(JobQueue())
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ class ApplicationBuilder(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ]):
             arbitrary_callback_data=DefaultValue.get_value(self._arbitrary_callback_data),
             request=self._build_request(get_updates=False),
             get_updates_request=self._build_request(get_updates=True),
-            rate_limiter=DefaultValue.get_value(self._rate_limiter),
+            rate_limiter=DefaultValue.get_value(self._rate_limiter),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             local_mode=DefaultValue.get_value(self._local_mode),
         )
 
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ class ApplicationBuilder(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ]):
 
         application: Application[
             BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ
-        ] = DefaultValue.get_value(  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+        ] = DefaultValue.get_value(  # type: ignore[operator] # pylint: disable=not-callable
             self._application_class
         )(
             bot=bot,
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ class ApplicationBuilder(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ]):
             updater=updater,
             update_processor=self._update_processor,
             job_queue=job_queue,
-            persistence=persistence,
+            persistence=persistence,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             context_types=DefaultValue.get_value(self._context_types),
             post_init=self._post_init,
             post_shutdown=self._post_shutdown,
@@ -333,12 +334,12 @@ class ApplicationBuilder(Generic[BT, CCT, UD, CD, BD, JQ]):
         )
 
         if job_queue is not None:
-            job_queue.set_application(application)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            job_queue.set_application(application)  # type: ignore[arg-type, union-attr]
 
         if persistence is not None:
             # This raises an exception if persistence.store_data.callback_data is True
             # but self.bot is not an instance of ExtBot - so no need to check that later on
-            persistence.set_bot(bot)
+            persistence.set_bot(bot)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
         return application
 
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py b/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
index ae6011966..bf5922b32 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_callbackcontext.py
@@ -236,11 +236,13 @@ class CallbackContext(Generic[BT, UD, CD, BD]):
                 await self.application.persistence.refresh_bot_data(self.bot_data)
             if self.application.persistence.store_data.chat_data and self._chat_id is not None:
                 await self.application.persistence.refresh_chat_data(
-                    chat_id=self._chat_id, chat_data=self.chat_data  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    chat_id=self._chat_id,
+                    chat_data=self.chat_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
                 )
             if self.application.persistence.store_data.user_data and self._user_id is not None:
                 await self.application.persistence.refresh_user_data(
-                    user_id=self._user_id, user_data=self.user_data  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    user_id=self._user_id,
+                    user_data=self.user_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
                 )
 
     def drop_callback_data(self, callback_query: CallbackQuery) -> None:
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py b/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
index 928cb8968..9714f3035 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_picklepersistence.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class PicklePersistence(BasePersistence[UD, CD, BD]):
         """
         if self.chat_data is None:
             return
-        self.chat_data.pop(chat_id, None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        self.chat_data.pop(chat_id, None)
 
         if not self.on_flush:
             if not self.single_file:
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class PicklePersistence(BasePersistence[UD, CD, BD]):
         """
         if self.user_data is None:
             return
-        self.user_data.pop(user_id, None)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        self.user_data.pop(user_id, None)
 
         if not self.on_flush:
             if not self.single_file:
diff --git a/telegram/ext/_utils/trackingdict.py b/telegram/ext/_utils/trackingdict.py
index 4a525a409..2cf986092 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/_utils/trackingdict.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/_utils/trackingdict.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ class TrackingDict(UserDict, Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     # Mypy seems a bit inconsistent about what it wants as types for `default` and return value
     # so we just ignore a bit
     def pop(  # type: ignore[override]
-        self, key: _KT, default: _VT = DEFAULT_NONE  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self,
+        key: _KT,
+        default: _VT = DEFAULT_NONE,  # type: ignore[assignment]
     ) -> _VT:
         if key in self:
             self.__track_write(key)