diff --git a/.github/transform_to-pi_heif.py b/.github/transform_to-pi_heif.py
index 8a3f523a..e2dfc44f 100644
--- a/.github/transform_to-pi_heif.py
+++ b/.github/transform_to-pi_heif.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Script to transform the project to `pi-heif` in place. Should be used only with GA Actions."""
 
 import os
+import pathlib
 
 DEV_NAME_ADD = ""  # This is only for debugging purposes of this script.
 
@@ -22,9 +23,8 @@
                 files_list += [os.path.join(dir_name, x)]
 
     for file_name in files_list:
-        with open(file_name) as file:
-            data = file.read()
-            modified_data = data.replace("pillow_heif", "pi_heif")
+        data = pathlib.Path(file_name).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        modified_data = data.replace("pillow_heif", "pi_heif")
         if modified_data != data:
             with open(file_name + DEV_NAME_ADD, "w") as file:
                 file.write(modified_data)
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e796ca54..fb1f8eda 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ repos:
     -   id: black
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: 1.2.0
+    rev: 1.3.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyproject-fmt
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.1
+    rev: v0.1.3
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0df007be..157369c1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 def get_version():
     """Returns version of the project."""
     version_file = "pillow_heif/_version.py"
-    with open(version_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, "exec"))  # pylint: disable=exec-used
+    exec(compile(Path(version_file).read_text(encoding="utf-8"), version_file, "exec"))  # pylint: disable=exec-used
     return locals()["__version__"]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/leaks_test.py b/tests/leaks_test.py
index 8d21d2c5..984a0f76 100644
--- a/tests/leaks_test.py
+++ b/tests/leaks_test.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ def perform_open_save(iterations, image_path):
 def test_open_save_objects_leaks(image):
     from pympler import summary, tracker
 
-    with open(image, mode="rb") as file:
-        image_file_data = BytesIO(file.read())
+    image_file_data = BytesIO(Path(image).read_bytes())
     perform_open_save(1, image_file_data)
     gc.collect()
     _summary1 = tracker.SummaryTracker().create_summary()
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ def test_open_to_numpy_mem_leaks():
     import numpy as np
 
     mem_limit = None
-    with open(Path("images/heif/L_10__29x100.heif"), mode="rb") as file:
-        image_file_data = BytesIO(file.read())
+    image_file_data = BytesIO(Path("images/heif/L_10__29x100.heif").read_bytes())
     for i in range(1000):
         heif_file = pillow_heif.open_heif(image_file_data, convert_hdr_to_8bit=False)
         _array = np.asarray(heif_file[0])  # noqa
@@ -121,8 +119,7 @@ def test_metadata_leaks():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(machine().find("x86_64") == -1, reason="run only on x86_64")
 def test_pillow_plugin_leaks():
     mem_limit = None
-    with open(Path("images/heif/zPug_3.heic"), mode="rb") as file:
-        image_file_data = BytesIO(file.read())
+    image_file_data = BytesIO(Path("images/heif/zPug_3.heic").read_bytes())
     for i in range(1000):
         im = Image.open(image_file_data)
         for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(im):