diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-check.yml b/.github/workflows/code-check.yml
index a784fad1141..c41bc684f22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-check.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
     
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: 3.12
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 12e1c15fe1f..52074e70428 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: 3.12
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 461076b6442..038eae4a3a6 100755
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ repos:
         args:
           - --include-version-classifiers
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/myint/autoflake
-    rev: v1.4
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake
+    rev: v2.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: autoflake
         args:
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ repos:
           - --ignore-init-module-imports
           - --remove-duplicate-keys
           - --remove-unused-variables
+        language_version: '3.12'
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: "5.12.0"
@@ -33,23 +34,19 @@ repos:
     rev: 22.3.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        language-version: 3.9
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/dfm/black_nbconvert
-    rev: v0.4.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: black_nbconvert
+        language_version: '3.12'
+      - id: black-jupyter
+        language_version: '3.12'
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: "4.0.1"
+    rev: "7.1.1"
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
           - flake8-tidy-imports
           - flake8-quotes
-#          - flake8-docstrings
-#          - flake8-spellcheck
-#          - darglint
+        language_version: '3.12'
+
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
diff --git a/src/firebolt/common/_types.py b/src/firebolt/common/_types.py
index 67ed2b49c20..91cdbe7cc11 100644
--- a/src/firebolt/common/_types.py
+++ b/src/firebolt/common/_types.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def align_ms(match: re.Match) -> str:
 
         return re.sub(unsupported_milliseconds_re, align_ms, datetime_string)
 
+    #just testing sonar
     def _fix_timezone(datetime_string: str) -> str:
         # timezone, provided as +/-dd is not supported by datetime.
         # We need to append :00 to it