diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3ea11c3..50017bd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fail_fast: false
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v5.0.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-yaml
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ repos:
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
 
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 25.1.0
+    rev: 25.9.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
         args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: "v0.11.4"
+    rev: "v0.13.2"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix, "--config=pyproject.toml"] # enable autofix
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.15.0
+    rev: v1.18.2
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         args: ["--config-file=pyproject.toml"]
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: false
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.8.3
+    rev: 1.8.6
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         args: ["--config=pyproject.toml"]
diff --git a/chess_agent/core/schemas.py b/chess_agent/core/schemas.py
index 13abbcd..5b788cd 100644
--- a/chess_agent/core/schemas.py
+++ b/chess_agent/core/schemas.py
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 import datetime
 from enum import StrEnum
-from typing import Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
-PlayerInfo = dict[str, Optional[int | str | bool]]
+PlayerInfo = dict[str, int | str | bool | None]
 
 
 GAME_EXPLANATION = """You are the Black side in every game, meaning that you will always
@@ -108,8 +107,8 @@ class CreatedGamePerson(BaseModel):
     id: str
     url: str
     status: str
-    challenger: dict[str, Optional[str | int]]
-    dest_user: dict[str, Optional[str | int]] = Field(alias="destUser")
+    challenger: dict[str, str | int | None]
+    dest_user: dict[str, str | int | None] = Field(alias="destUser")
     variant: dict[str, str]
     time_control: dict[str, str] = Field(alias="timeControl")
     color: str
diff --git a/chess_agent/server.py b/chess_agent/server.py
index fb1329d..6fa09df 100644
--- a/chess_agent/server.py
+++ b/chess_agent/server.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import Any, Optional, cast
+from typing import Any, cast
 
 from berserk import Client, TokenSession, exceptions
 from chess import Board
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ async def login() -> None:
     Args:
         api_key: The API key to use for logging in.
     """
-    api_key: Optional[str] = os.getenv("API_KEY")
+    api_key: str | None = os.getenv("API_KEY")
     if not api_key:
         raise ValueError(
             "API_KEY not found in environment variables. Please set it in your .env"