diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3b197f5c..0d806830 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Setup
       - name: Check out source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up poetry
         uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           poetry-version: ${{ matrix.poetry-version }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: 'poetry'
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ jobs:
             python:
             - added|modified: '**.py'
             - added|modified: '**.ipynb'
+            python_alone:
+            - added|modified: '**.py'
             javascript:
             - added|modified: '**.js'
             html:
@@ -151,8 +153,8 @@ jobs:
         run: poetry run mypy ${{ steps.filter.outputs.python_files }}
 
       - name: pylint
-        if: steps.filter.outputs.python == 'true'
-        run: poetry run pylint ${{ steps.filter.outputs.python_files }}
+        if: steps.filter.outputs.python_alone == 'true'
+        run: poetry run pylint ${{ steps.filter.outputs.python_alone_files }}
 
       - name: bandit
         if: steps.filter.outputs.python == 'true'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fecd0f4e..b6b35c6b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: blacken-docs
         args: ['--line-length=100']
-        additional_dependencies: ['black==23.7.0']
+        additional_dependencies: ['black==24.3.0']
 
   # flake8
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ repos:
       #### git
       # don't commit to main
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
-        args: ['-b main']
+        args: ['--branch', 'main']
       # checks for files that contain merge conflict strings
       - id: check-merge-conflict
         args: ['--assume-in-merge']