diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 674d2ef1..f21fb1de 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ repos:
 #
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
-    rev: v0.13
+    rev: v0.14
     hooks:
     - id: validate-pyproject
       fail_fast: true
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ repos:
         args: [--py38-plus]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.284
+    rev: v0.0.285
     hooks:
     - id: ruff
       args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
diff --git a/pyvex/expr.py b/pyvex/expr.py
index 8ba87779..ff2f07e6 100644
--- a/pyvex/expr.py
+++ b/pyvex/expr.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def replace_expression(self, replacements):
             v = getattr(self, k)
             if isinstance(v, IRExpr) and v in replacements:
                 setattr(self, k, replacements.get(v))
-            elif type(v) is list:
+            elif isinstance(v, list):
                 # Replace the instance in the list
                 for i, expr_ in enumerate(v):
                     if isinstance(expr_, IRExpr) and expr_ in replacements: