diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c300ae6b5..dba07d620 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -1184,11 +1184,11 @@ google-auth = ">=2.14.1,<3.0.dev0"
 googleapis-common-protos = ">=1.56.2,<2.0.dev0"
 grpcio = [
     {version = ">=1.33.2,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"grpc\""},
-    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
+    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0dev", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""},
 ]
 grpcio-status = [
     {version = ">=1.33.2,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"grpc\""},
-    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and extra == \"grpc\""},
+    {version = ">=1.49.1,<2.0.dev0", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""},
 ]
 protobuf = ">=3.19.5,<3.20.0 || >3.20.0,<3.20.1 || >3.20.1,<4.21.0 || >4.21.0,<4.21.1 || >4.21.1,<4.21.2 || >4.21.2,<4.21.3 || >4.21.3,<4.21.4 || >4.21.4,<4.21.5 || >4.21.5,<5.0.0.dev0"
 requests = ">=2.18.0,<3.0.0.dev0"
@@ -2486,29 +2486,29 @@ pyasn1 = ">=0.1.3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ruff"
-version = "0.0.272"
+version = "0.0.291"
 description = "An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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+    {file = "ruff-0.0.291.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c61109661dde9db73469d14a82b42a88c7164f731e6a3b0042e71394c1c7ceed"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3009,4 +3009,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "flake8 (<5)", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "0661637728906e674d7def472d233da4cb44c22a8b250876c55f2f28386dd430"
+content-hash = "f0ab9efef84d60d22aa42b07f5ccf02e5895b6801d62c07567150b3a82f59a3d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67af80f23..2848ec1dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Faker = "18.13.0"
 coverage = {extras = ["toml"], version = "^7.0.0"}
 isort = "5.12.0"
 black = "23.9.1"
-ruff = "0.0.272"
+ruff = "0.0.291"
 pre-commit = "3.4.0"
 pyparsing = "^3.0.9"
 pydot = "^1.4.2"
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ ignore = [
     "N818",  # exception class should have Error suffix
     "PLW2901",  # loop variable overwritten
     "RUF005",  # use spread operator instead of concatenation
+    "RUF012",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
diff --git a/website/facedetection/models.py b/website/facedetection/models.py
index c13667e21..ed175f4e0 100644
--- a/website/facedetection/models.py
+++ b/website/facedetection/models.py
@@ -281,13 +281,13 @@ def encoding(self) -> list[float]:
         if hasattr(self, "_encoding"):
             return self._encoding
 
-        self._encoding = [getattr(self, f"_field{i}") for i in range(0, 128)]
+        self._encoding = [getattr(self, f"_field{i}") for i in range(128)]
         return self._encoding
 
     @encoding.setter
     def encoding(self, value):
         self._encoding = value
-        for i in range(0, 128):
+        for i in range(128):
             setattr(self, f"_field{i}", value[i])
 
     def encoding_match_function(self) -> str:
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def encoding_match_function(self) -> str:
         and checks whether it's less than a threshold of 0.49.
         """
         sum_of_squares = " + ".join(
-            f"power(_field{i} - {self.encoding[i]}, 2)" for i in range(0, 128)
+            f"power(_field{i} - {self.encoding[i]}, 2)" for i in range(128)
         )
         euclidean_distance = f"sqrt({sum_of_squares})"
 
diff --git a/website/mailinglists/gsuite.py b/website/mailinglists/gsuite.py
index a4bfddab7..170c3e8d6 100644
--- a/website/mailinglists/gsuite.py
+++ b/website/mailinglists/gsuite.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 from random import random
 from time import sleep
+from typing import Optional
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.datastructures import ImmutableList
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ def _get_default_lists(self):
             self._automatic_to_group(ml) for ml in get_automatic_lists()
         ]
 
-    def sync_mailing_lists(self, lists: list[GroupData] = None):
+    def sync_mailing_lists(self, lists: Optional[list[GroupData]] = None):
         """Sync mailing lists with GSuite. Lists are only deleted if all lists are synced and thus no lists are passed to this function.
 
         :param lists: optional parameter to determine which lists to sync
diff --git a/website/moneybirdsynchronization/administration.py b/website/moneybirdsynchronization/administration.py
index 5c36049d0..541a4db27 100644
--- a/website/moneybirdsynchronization/administration.py
+++ b/website/moneybirdsynchronization/administration.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from functools import reduce
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, administration_id: int):
         self.administration_id = administration_id
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get(self, resource_path: str, params: dict = None):
+    def get(self, resource_path: str, params: Optional[dict] = None):
         """Do a GET on the Moneybird administration."""
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class InvalidResourcePath(Exception):
     class Error(Exception):
         """An exception that can be thrown while using the administration."""
 
-        def __init__(self, status_code: int, description: str = None):
+        def __init__(self, status_code: int, description: Optional[str] = None):
             """Create a new administration error."""
             msg = f"API error {status_code}"
             if description:
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def _create_session(self) -> requests.Session:
         session.headers.update({"Authorization": f"Bearer {self.key}"})
         return session
 
-    def get(self, resource_path: str, params: dict = None):
+    def get(self, resource_path: str, params: Optional[dict] = None):
         """Do a GET on the Moneybird administration."""
         url = self._build_url(resource_path)
         logging.debug(f"GET {url} {params}")
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def patch(self, resource_path: str, data: dict):
         response = self.session.patch(url, data=data)
         return self._process_response(response)
 
-    def delete(self, resource_path: str, data: dict = None):
+    def delete(self, resource_path: str, data: Optional[dict] = None):
         """Do a DELETE on the Moneybird administration."""
         url = self._build_url(resource_path)
         logging.debug(f"DELETE {url}")
diff --git a/website/payments/admin.py b/website/payments/admin.py
index c9b1182e6..eb056ae96 100644
--- a/website/payments/admin.py
+++ b/website/payments/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Registers admin interfaces for the payments module."""
 import csv
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from typing import Optional
 
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
 from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin
@@ -434,9 +435,9 @@ def save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change):
     def changeform_view(
         self,
         request: HttpRequest,
-        object_id: str = None,
+        object_id: Optional[str] = None,
         form_url: str = "",
-        extra_context: dict = None,
+        extra_context: Optional[dict] = None,
     ) -> HttpResponse:
         """Render the change formview.
 
diff --git a/website/payments/services.py b/website/payments/services.py
index 7e5a1e11d..9a34ee0fb 100644
--- a/website/payments/services.py
+++ b/website/payments/services.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """The services defined by the payments package."""
 import datetime
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import mail
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def delete_payment(model: Model, member: Member = None, ignore_change_window=Fal
         payable.model.save()
 
 
-def update_last_used(queryset: QuerySet, date: datetime.date = None) -> int:
+def update_last_used(queryset: QuerySet, date: Optional[datetime.date] = None) -> int:
     """Update the last used field of a BankAccount queryset.
 
     :param queryset: Queryset of BankAccounts
diff --git a/website/registrations/tests/test_models.py b/website/registrations/tests/test_models.py
index 2ac7dbce3..18a956767 100644
--- a/website/registrations/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/website/registrations/tests/test_models.py
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ def test_str(self):
         entry = Entry(renewal=self.renewal)
         self.assertEqual(
             str(entry),
-            "{} {} ({})".format(
-                self.member.first_name,
-                self.member.last_name,
-                self.member.email,
-            ),
+            f"{self.member.first_name} {self.member.last_name} ({self.member.email})",
         )
 
     @freeze_time("2019-01-01")
@@ -322,11 +318,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_str(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             str(self.renewal),
-            "{} {} ({})".format(
-                self.member.first_name,
-                self.member.last_name,
-                self.member.email,
-            ),
+            f"{self.member.first_name} {self.member.last_name} ({self.member.email})",
         )
 
     def test_save(self):
diff --git a/website/utils/media/services.py b/website/utils/media/services.py
index 04bc7491e..1cde371a2 100644
--- a/website/utils/media/services.py
+++ b/website/utils/media/services.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import io
+from typing import Optional
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def get_media_url(
     file,
     attachment=False,
     absolute_url: bool = False,
-    expire_seconds: int = None,
+    expire_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
 ):
     """Get the url of the provided media file to serve in a browser.
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ def get_thumbnail_url(
     file,
     size: str,
     absolute_url: bool = False,
-    expire_seconds: int = None,
+    expire_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
 ):
     name = file
     if isinstance(file, (ImageFieldFile, FieldFile)):