diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 48538ae2..36b7b01e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -22,12 +22,20 @@ repos:
       - id: mixed-line-ending
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
+    rev: v1.10.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: python-check-blanket-noqa
+      - id: python-check-blanket-type-ignore
+      # id: python-no-eval
+      - id: python-no-log-warn
+
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       # entry: '[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+'  # email address
 
     - id: debugs
-      name: check for _DBG_* flags  # should be False for published code
+      name: check for DEBUG flags  # should be False for published code
       entry: '_DBG_.*=.*True'
       language: pygrep
       args: [-i]
@@ -47,13 +55,6 @@ repos:
       args: [-i]
       exclude: .pre-commit-config.yaml  # avoid false +ve
 
-    # - id: fixme
-    #   name: check for FIXME flags
-    #   entry: '#.*(FIXME|TODO)'
-    #   language: pygrep
-    #   args: [-i]
-    #   exclude: (.pre-commit-config.yaml|^tests/.*\.py$)  # avoid false +ve
-
     # - id: private imports
     #   name: check private imports
     #   entry: 'from .* import _.*'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e32e6d0..50bf102c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 ### project ##########################################################################
-# evohome-async, updated: 2024-06-24
+# last checked/updated: 2024-09-10
 #
 
 [project]
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     {name = "David Bonnes", email = "zxdavb@bonnes.me"},
   ]
   dependencies = [
-    "aiohttp>=3.9.5",
-    "voluptuous>=0.13.1",
+    "aiohttp>=3.10.5",
+    "voluptuous>=0.15.2",
   ]
   requires-python = ">=3.12"
   license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b1e14c5a..7dad879a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-# last checked/updated: 2024/09/10 (c.f. HA 2023.10.x)
+# Requirements to use the library via its CLI
+# - last checked/updated: 2024-09-10
 #
 
-# for dev/test...
-# -e .
+# library requirements (dependencies) are in pyproject.toml
+# - pip list | grep -E 'evohome|aiohttp|voluptuous'
 
-# used by library (but not enough for CLI)
-aiohttp>=3.10.5
-voluptuous>=0.15.2
+  -e .
+
+
+# also required if using the the library via the CLI, client.py
+  aiofiles >= 24.1.0
+  asyncclick >= 8.1.7                            # NOTE: async version
+  debugpy >= 1.8.5                               # can invoke via CLI
+
+# check via: pip list | grep -E 'aiofiles|click|debugpy'
diff --git a/requirements_cli.txt b/requirements_cli.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 91b59ad1..00000000
--- a/requirements_cli.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# last checked/updated: 2024/09/10
-#
-
-# for using the the library via the CLI, client.py
-  -r requirements.txt
-
-# used for CLI, but not for library
-  aiofiles>=24.1.0
-  asyncclick>=8.1.7
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 11ca5166..47d58556 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-# last checked/updated: 2024/09/10
+# Requirements to dev/test the source code
+# - last checked/updated: 2024-09-10
 #
 
-# for using the the library via the CLI, client.py (includes requirements.txt)
-  -r requirements_cli.txt
+# for using the the library with CLI
+  -r requirements.txt
+
+
+# libraries required for development (lint/type/test)...
+# - pip list | grep -E 'pre-commit|ruff|mypy|types-|voluptuous|pytest|hatch'
 
 # used for development (linting)
-  pre-commit>=3.8.0
-  ruff>=0.6.4
+  pre-commit >= 3.8.0
+  ruff >= 0.6.4                                  # also: pre-commit-config.yaml
 
 # used for development (typing)
-  mypy>=1.11.2
-  types-aiofiles>=24.1.0  # aiofiles is used only by CLI
-  types-PyYAML>=6.0.12
-  voluptuous>=0.15.2
+  mypy >= 1.11.2
+  types-aiofiles >= 24.1.0                       # used only by CLI
+  types-PyYAML >= 6.0.12                         # used only by tests
+  voluptuous >= 0.15.2
 
 # used for testing
-  pytest>=8.3.3
-  pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0
-  pytest-snapshot>=0.9.0
-  pytest-sugar>=1.0.0
-  pytest-xdist>=3.6.1
+  pytest >= 8.3.3
+  pytest-asyncio >= 0.24.0
+  pytest-snapshot >= 0.9.0
+  pytest-sugar >= 1.0.0
+  pytest-xdist >= 3.6.1
 # pytest-cov
 
-# used for testing at runtime
-  debugpy >= 1.8.5
-
 # used for build/deploy
-  hatch>=1.12.0
-  hatchling>=1.25.0
+  hatch >= 1.12.0
+  hatchling >= 1.25.0