diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b96543933..3949b4c3d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ repos:
               # Explicitly specify the pyproject.toml at the repo root, not per-project.
                 args: ["--config", "pyproject.toml"]
       - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-        rev: 5.0.4
+        rev: 7.1.1
         hooks:
               - id: flake8
                 args: ["--config=.flake8"]
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geodataframe.py b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geodataframe.py
index dee2bfeb4..010061ac8 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geodataframe.py
+++ b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geodataframe.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def generator(size, has_z=False):
 
 
 def assert_eq_point(p1, p2):
-    assert type(p1) == type(p2)
+    assert type(p1) is type(p2)
     assert p1.x == p2.x
     assert p1.y == p2.y
     assert p1.has_z == p2.has_z
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def assert_eq_point(p1, p2):
 
 
 def assert_eq_multipoint(p1, p2):
-    assert type(p1) == type(p2)
+    assert type(p1) is type(p2)
     assert len(p1) == len(p2)
     for i in range(len(p1)):
         assert_eq_point(p1[i], p2[i])
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ def assert_eq_multipolygon(p1, p2):
 
 
 def assert_eq_geo_df(geo1, geo2):
-    if type(geo1) != type(geo2):
-        assert TypeError
+    if type(geo1) is not type(geo2):
+        raise TypeError
     assert geo1.columns.equals(geo2.columns)
     for col in geo1.columns:
         if geo1[col].dtype == "geometry":
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_select_multiple_columns(gpdf):
 
 def test_type_persistence(gpdf):
     cugpdf = cuspatial.from_geopandas(gpdf)
-    assert type(cugpdf["geometry"]) == cuspatial.GeoSeries
+    assert type(cugpdf["geometry"]) is cuspatial.GeoSeries
 
 
 def test_interleaved_point(gpdf, polys):
diff --git a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geoseries.py b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geoseries.py
index 35007c57d..56f61158e 100644
--- a/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geoseries.py
+++ b/python/cuspatial/cuspatial/tests/test_geoseries.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def generator(size: Integral, obj_type: Example_Feature_Enum = None):
 
 
 def assert_eq_point(p1, p2):
-    assert type(p1) == type(p2)
+    assert type(p1) is type(p2)
     assert p1.x == p2.x
     assert p1.y == p2.y
     assert p1.has_z == p2.has_z
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ def assert_eq_point(p1, p2):
 
 
 def assert_eq_multipoint(p1, p2):
-    assert type(p1) == type(p2)
+    assert type(p1) is type(p2)
     assert len(p1) == len(p2)
     for i in range(len(p1)):
         assert_eq_point(p1[i], p2[i])
 
 
 def assert_eq_linestring(p1, p2):
-    assert type(p1) == type(p2)
+    assert type(p1) is type(p2)
     assert p1 == p2
 
 
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ def assert_eq_multipolygon(p1, p2):
 
 
 def assert_eq_geo(geo1, geo2):
-    if type(geo1) != type(geo2):
-        assert TypeError
+    if type(geo1) is not type(geo2):
+        raise TypeError
     result = geo1.equals(geo2)
     if isinstance(result, bool):
         assert result