diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 523245ac1..e66479bba 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
   - id: black
 
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.0.284
+  rev: v0.0.285
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: ["--fix", "--show-fixes"]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
     args: [--include-version-classifiers, --min-py-version=3.8, --max-py-version=3.11]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.5.0
+  rev: v1.5.1
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     name: mypy 3.8 on cibuildwheel/
diff --git a/bin/bump_version.py b/bin/bump_version.py
index 2af6e37d8..cf0727db7 100755
--- a/bin/bump_version.py
+++ b/bin/bump_version.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def bump_version() -> None:
         print(e)
         print("Failed to get previous version tag information.")
 
-    git_changes_result = subprocess.run(["git diff-index --quiet HEAD --"], shell=True)
+    git_changes_result = subprocess.run(["git diff-index --quiet HEAD --"], shell=True, check=False)
     repo_has_uncommitted_changes = git_changes_result.returncode != 0
 
     if repo_has_uncommitted_changes:
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def bump_version() -> None:
             "pre-commit",
             "run",
             "--files=docs/changelog.md",
-        ]
+        ],
+        check=False,
     )
 
     # run pre-commit to check that no errors occurred on the second run
diff --git a/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py b/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py
index be8a57ad5..cfbdef913 100755
--- a/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py
+++ b/bin/make_dependency_update_pr.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 import click
 
 
-def shell(cmd, **kwargs):
-    return run([cmd], shell=True, **kwargs)
+def shell(cmd, *, check: bool, **kwargs):
+    return run([cmd], shell=True, check=check, **kwargs)
 
 
 def git_repo_has_changes():
-    unstaged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet HEAD --").returncode != 0
-    staged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --").returncode != 0
+    unstaged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet HEAD --", check=False).returncode != 0
+    staged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --", check=False).returncode != 0
     return unstaged_changes or staged_changes
 
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def main():
         print("Done.")
     finally:
         # remove any local changes
-        shell("git checkout -- .")
+        shell("git checkout -- .", check=True)
         shell(f"git checkout {previous_branch}", check=True)
         shell(f"git branch -D --force {branch_name}", check=True)
 
diff --git a/bin/run_example_ci_configs.py b/bin/run_example_ci_configs.py
index 07f3a6cde..ef3c6eaad 100755
--- a/bin/run_example_ci_configs.py
+++ b/bin/run_example_ci_configs.py
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 import click
 
 
-def shell(cmd, **kwargs):
-    return run([cmd], shell=True, **kwargs)
+def shell(cmd, *, check: bool, **kwargs):
+    return run([cmd], shell=True, check=check, **kwargs)
 
 
 def git_repo_has_changes():
-    unstaged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet HEAD --").returncode != 0
-    staged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --").returncode != 0
+    unstaged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet HEAD --", check=False).returncode != 0
+    staged_changes = shell("git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --", check=False).returncode != 0
     return unstaged_changes or staged_changes
 
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def run_example_ci_configs(config_files=None):
     finally:
         # remove any local changes
         shutil.rmtree(example_project, ignore_errors=True)
-        shell("git checkout -- .")
+        shell("git checkout -- .", check=True)
         shell(f"git checkout {previous_branch}", check=True)
         shell(f"git branch -D --force {branch_name}", check=True)
 
diff --git a/bin/sample_build.py b/bin/sample_build.py
index 90c636ed6..9e8e64204 100755
--- a/bin/sample_build.py
+++ b/bin/sample_build.py
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
         check=True,
     )
 
-    sys.exit(subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "cibuildwheel"], cwd=project_dir).returncode)
+    sys.exit(
+        subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "cibuildwheel"], cwd=project_dir, check=False
+        ).returncode
+    )
diff --git a/bin/update_how_it_works_image.py b/bin/update_how_it_works_image.py
index b7b433fb6..39ecfec9b 100755
--- a/bin/update_how_it_works_image.py
+++ b/bin/update_how_it_works_image.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    subprocess.run(["mkdocs", "build"])
+    subprocess.run(["mkdocs", "build"], check=True)
 
     hti = Html2Image(custom_flags=["--force-device-scale-factor=2"])