diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index deb407edb4d3eec7799aa3e3de939a010e068bf6..80e34ff8df06165cf3f11fb0b5c5cb97277d368a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extend-select = [
     "N",   # pep8-naming
     "NPY", # numpy
     "Q",   # flake8-quotes
+    "UP",  # pyupgrade
     "W",   # pycodestyle
 ]
 extend-ignore = [
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ extend-ignore = [
     "E221", # multiple spaces before operator
     "E226", # missing whitespace around arithmetic operator
     "E402", # module-level import not at top of file
+    "UP006", # updated annotations due to __future__ import
+    "UP007", # updated annotations due to __future__ import
+    "UP031", # use f-strings instead of %
+    "UP032", # use f-strings instead of .format
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-quotes]
diff --git a/pytools/graph.py b/pytools/graph.py
index 09db7aafb3eb597df2f581962b46b7912c2a0457..2725bd4a5420f487d801a37b32801ece27238e26 100644
--- a/pytools/graph.py
+++ b/pytools/graph.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class HeapEntry:
         self.node = node
         self.key = key
 
-    def __lt__(self, other: "HeapEntry") -> bool:
+    def __lt__(self, other: HeapEntry) -> bool:
         return self.key < other.key
 
 
diff --git a/pytools/persistent_dict.py b/pytools/persistent_dict.py
index 5d1baf9f566127c8dce38c0252a3023e093014f1..c35476c7051815a6e18b29a27a454d76a9fa8b68 100644
--- a/pytools/persistent_dict.py
+++ b/pytools/persistent_dict.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class KeyBuilder:
     @staticmethod
     def update_for_type(key_hash: Hash, key: type) -> None:
         key_hash.update(
-            f"{key.__module__}.{key.__qualname__}.{key.__name__}".encode("utf-8"))
+            f"{key.__module__}.{key.__qualname__}.{key.__name__}".encode())
 
     update_for_ABCMeta = update_for_type  # noqa: N815