diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1e014057f4..4f40aa95b6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
     args: ["--profile", "black", --line-length=125]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-  rev: v3.9.0
+  rev: v3.10.1
   hooks:
   - id: pyupgrade
     args: ["--py36-plus"]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ repos:
   - id: setup-cfg-fmt
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  rev: 6.0.0
+  rev: 6.1.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
     exclude: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/hls4ml/backends/template.py b/hls4ml/backends/template.py
index 5da9bce04a..9638b53add 100644
--- a/hls4ml/backends/template.py
+++ b/hls4ml/backends/template.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def _default_params(self, node):
         params = {}
         params.update(node.attributes)
         # Convert all bool attributes to lowercase strings
-        params = {key: str(val).lower() if type(val) == bool else val for key, val in params.items()}
+        params = {key: str(val).lower() if isinstance(val, bool) else val for key, val in params.items()}
 
         return params