diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3b927dbe..5ef2d666 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ repos:
   - id: black
 
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.0.291
+  rev: v0.0.292
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: ["--fix"]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ repos:
   - id: yesqa
 
 - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
-  rev: v1.16.14
+  rev: v1.16.17
   hooks:
   - id: typos
     args: []
diff --git a/jsonargparse/_namespace.py b/jsonargparse/_namespace.py
index f6977c90..929797ab 100644
--- a/jsonargparse/_namespace.py
+++ b/jsonargparse/_namespace.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         else:
             if len(kwargs) != 0 or len(args) != 1 or not isinstance(args[0], (argparse.Namespace, dict)):
                 raise ValueError("Expected a single positional parameter of type Namespace or dict.")
-            for key, val in args[0].items() if type(args[0]) is dict else vars(args[0]).items():
+            for key, val in args[0].items() if isinstance(args[0], dict) else vars(args[0]).items():
                 self[key] = val
 
     def _parse_key(self, key: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional["Namespace"], str]:
diff --git a/jsonargparse/_typehints.py b/jsonargparse/_typehints.py
index ed726527..b5436914 100644
--- a/jsonargparse/_typehints.py
+++ b/jsonargparse/_typehints.py
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ def _check_type(self, value, append=False, cfg=None):
                     with change_to_path_dir(config_path):
                         val = adapt_typehints(val, self._typehint, **kwargs)
                 except ValueError as ex:
+                    assert ex  # needed due to ruff bug that removes " as ex"
                     try:
                         if isinstance(orig_val, str):
                             with change_to_path_dir(config_path):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d71e4428..c41f7060 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ select = [
 ]
 ignore = [
     "E731",  # Do not convert lambda assigns to a def
+    "E721",  # Allow comparing types with type()
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.pydocstyle]