diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 849f42c..aebaa99 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
-  rev: 23.7.0
+  rev: 23.12.1
   hooks:
   - id: black
     language_version: python3
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.4.1
+  rev: v1.8.0
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: 'v0.0.277'
+  rev: 'v0.1.13'
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: [--fix]
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v4.4.0
+  rev: v4.5.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-toml
   - id: check-yaml
diff --git a/roles/role.py b/roles/role.py
index 9330d12..2b01f2c 100644
--- a/roles/role.py
+++ b/roles/role.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def assign(
             # First role class
             rolebases = (cls, self)
 
-        rolecls = self.newclass(cls, rolebases)
+        rolecls: type = self.newclass(cls, rolebases)
 
         return method(rolecls, subj)
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def revoke(self, subj: R, method: Callable[[Type[T], R], T] = instance) -> T:
     __call__ = assign  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     @contextmanager
-    def played_by(self, subj: T) -> Iterator[Union[T, R]]:
+    def played_by(self, subj: T) -> Iterator[T]:
         """Shorthand for using roles in with statements.
 
         >>> class Biker(metaclass=RoleType):
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ def played_by(self, subj: T) -> Iterator[Union[T, R]]:
         'bike, bike'
         """
         if isinstance(subj, self):
-            yield subj  # type: ignore[misc]
+            yield subj
         else:
-            newsubj: Union[T, R] = self.assign(subj)
+            newsubj: T = self.assign(subj)
             try:
                 yield newsubj
             finally: