diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bd0a5b671..dd314a27b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-mock~=3.10",
     "pytest-recording~=0.13",
     "pytest~=7.3",
-    "ruff==0.0.284",
+    "ruff==0.0.285",
     "types-html5lib~=1.1",
     "types-orjson~=3.6",
     "types-python-dateutil~=2.8",
diff --git a/pystac/layout.py b/pystac/layout.py
index ccd71c14e..8ec776009 100644
--- a/pystac/layout.py
+++ b/pystac/layout.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def _get_template_value(self, stac_object: STACObject, template_var: str) -> Any
 
             v: Any = prop_source
             for prop in template_var.split("."):
-                if type(v) is dict:
+                if isinstance(v, dict):
                     if prop not in v:
                         raise error
                     v = v[prop]