diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7bb7ad8..8d064bc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.2
+    rev: v0.7.3
     hooks:
       # Run the linter.
       - id: ruff
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index b171fcf..8c8c3c8 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -6525,9 +6525,9 @@ packages:
   timestamp: 1719463874284
 - kind: pypi
   name: lcm
-  version: 0.1.dev179+ga5fc6e2
+  version: 0.1.dev174+g1fef38d.d20241113
   path: .
-  sha256: efc514b4c6d74785bd569e7423386104e3e27ccc115200396c7f388d8fbe2b64
+  sha256: 81e25560cd9cdc6a4fcd35456d665443f0a128fc6d80d52443ad1fc082e81db7
   requires_dist:
   - dags
   - numpy
@@ -10019,7 +10019,7 @@ packages:
   sha256: 28575580c6ebdaf4505b22c6256a2b9de86b316dc63ba9e93abde3d78dfdbcf2
   requires_dist:
   - numpy>=1.23 ; extra == 'default'
-  - scipy!=1.11.0,!=1.11.1,>=1.9 ; extra == 'default'
+  - scipy>=1.9,!=1.11.0,!=1.11.1 ; extra == 'default'
   - matplotlib>=3.6 ; extra == 'default'
   - pandas>=1.4 ; extra == 'default'
   - changelist==0.5 ; extra == 'developer'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2bdb3a3..7be8e6e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ extend-ignore = [
     # Private member accessed: `_stochastic_info`
     "SLF001",
 
+    # Use `contextlib.suppress(ImportError)` instead of `try`-`except`-`pass`
+    "SIM105",
+
     # long messages outside the exception class
     "TRY003",
 
@@ -247,6 +250,7 @@ markers = [
     "illustrative: Tests are designed for illustrative purposes",
 ]
 norecursedirs = ["docs", ".envs"]
+addopts = ["--pdbcls=pdbp:Pdb"]
 
 
 # ======================================================================================
diff --git a/src/lcm/__init__.py b/src/lcm/__init__.py
index 8d1a197..6df028c 100644
--- a/src/lcm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lcm/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import contextlib
-
 try:
     import pdbp  # noqa: F401
 except ImportError:
-    contextlib.suppress(Exception)
+    pass
 
 from lcm import mark
 from lcm.grids import DiscreteGrid, LinspaceGrid, LogspaceGrid