diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1315c6b..d5cc907 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -100,16 +100,16 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 develop = [
-  "black<23",
+  "black<24",
   "hunter<4",
-  "mypy==0.991",
-  "poethepoet<0.19",
-  "pyproject-fmt<0.6",
-  "ruff==0.0.231",
-  "validate-pyproject<0.12",
+  "mypy==1.5.1",
+  "poethepoet<0.25",
+  "pyproject-fmt<1.2",
+  "ruff==0.0.291",
+  "validate-pyproject<0.15",
 ]
 release = [
-  "build<1",
+  "build<2",
   'minibump<1; python_version >= "3.10"',
   "twine<5",
 ]
diff --git a/skeem/autopk.py b/skeem/autopk.py
index 56bc03d..a6215fd 100644
--- a/skeem/autopk.py
+++ b/skeem/autopk.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def infer_pk(
 def _infer_pk(
     data: t.Any, content_type: t.Optional[ContentType] = None, address: t.Optional[AddressType] = None
 ) -> t.Optional[str]:
-
     # Try to converge data into pandas DataFrame.
     if isinstance(data, pd.DataFrame):
         df = data
diff --git a/skeem/core.py b/skeem/core.py
index 37400c8..3be35d0 100644
--- a/skeem/core.py
+++ b/skeem/core.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def to_sql_ddl(self) -> SqlResult:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Backend '{self.backend}' not implemented")
 
     def _ddl_frictionless(self) -> SqlResult:
-
         # Suppress warnings of BeautifulSoup
         from bs4 import GuessedAtParserWarning
 
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ def _ddl_frictionless(self) -> SqlResult:
         # TODO: Make `infer_pk` obtain a `Resource` instance, and/or refactor as method.
         # TODO: Optimize runtime by not needing to open the resource twice.
         if self.target.primary_key is None:
-
             logger.info("Converging resource to pandas DataFrame")
             df: pd.DataFrame = resource.to_pandas()
             logger.info(f"pandas DataFrame size={len(df)}")
@@ -158,7 +156,6 @@ def _ddl_frictionless(self) -> SqlResult:
         return SqlResult(sql)
 
     def _ddl_ddlgen(self) -> SqlResult:
-
         from skeem.ddlgen.ddlgenerator import TablePlus
         from skeem.ddlgen.sources import SourcePlus
 
diff --git a/skeem/ddlgen/monkey.py b/skeem/ddlgen/monkey.py
index 93f4d03..542e291 100644
--- a/skeem/ddlgen/monkey.py
+++ b/skeem/ddlgen/monkey.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 
 def activate():
-
     ddlgenerator.ddlgenerator.mock_engines = AnyDialect()
     ddlgenerator.ddlgenerator.Table = TablePlus
     ddlgenerator.reshape.clean_key_name = clean_key_name
diff --git a/skeem/ddlgen/sources.py b/skeem/ddlgen/sources.py
index 4bc78c4..62c0cec 100644
--- a/skeem/ddlgen/sources.py
+++ b/skeem/ddlgen/sources.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ast
 import io
 import logging
 import typing as t
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ def _eval_grib2(target, fieldnames: t.List[str] = None, *args, **kwargs):
             candidates = msg.splitlines()[1:]
             candidate = candidates[0].strip()
             logger.info(f"WARNING: Falling back to '{candidate}'. Reason: {ex}")
-            kwargs = eval(f"dict({candidate})")
+            kwargs = ast.literal_eval(f"dict({candidate})")
             ds = xr.open_dataset(gribfile, engine="cfgrib", **kwargs, decode_times=False)
         else:
             raise
diff --git a/skeem/ddlgen/typehelpers.py b/skeem/ddlgen/typehelpers.py
index c8138ce..5e70625 100644
--- a/skeem/ddlgen/typehelpers.py
+++ b/skeem/ddlgen/typehelpers.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def coerce_to_specific(datum: CoercionType) -> t.Optional[CoercionType]:
                     if not (1700 < result.year < 2150):
                         raise Exception("false date hit (%s) for %s" % (str(result), datum))
             return result
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # noqa: S110
         pass
     try:
         return int(str(datum))
diff --git a/skeem/util/platform.py b/skeem/util/platform.py
index 736b473..b7a80f1 100644
--- a/skeem/util/platform.py
+++ b/skeem/util/platform.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 
 def about_platform():
-
     subsection("Python")
     print(bullet_item(platform.platform()))
     print()
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 772749c..71f498b 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def test_schema_generator_invalid_content_type():
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail
 def test_schema_generator_without_resource_type():
-
     # Let's create a _valid_ `SchemaGenerator` instance first.
     sg = SchemaGenerator(
         resource=Resource(data=io.StringIO("a,b"), content_type="csv"),
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index 95807a6..e02559c 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def random_table_name(label: t.Union[Path, str]):
     name = label
     if isinstance(label, Path):
         name = label.name
-    return f"skeem-test-{name}-{random.randint(1, 9999)}"
+    return f"skeem-test-{name}-{random.randint(1, 9999)}"  # noqa: S311
 
 
 def get_basic_sql_reference(