diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7b0a2a25..295e6154 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.3.3
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.19.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        args: ["--py38-plus"]
diff --git a/BinaryFileVersioner/BinaryFileVersioner.py b/BinaryFileVersioner/BinaryFileVersioner.py
index 20bd894d..24ca8429 100644
--- a/BinaryFileVersioner/BinaryFileVersioner.py
+++ b/BinaryFileVersioner/BinaryFileVersioner.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2018-2020 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/Cocktail/CocktailReleasesInfoProvider.py b/Cocktail/CocktailReleasesInfoProvider.py
index 76a0c04e..d5434beb 100644
--- a/Cocktail/CocktailReleasesInfoProvider.py
+++ b/Cocktail/CocktailReleasesInfoProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2022 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/Corel/CorelSerializer.py b/Corel/CorelSerializer.py
index 7e92ad12..33b7471c 100644
--- a/Corel/CorelSerializer.py
+++ b/Corel/CorelSerializer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2021 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/Corel/CorelURLProvider.py b/Corel/CorelURLProvider.py
index 6a41ee2f..ffd0d318 100644
--- a/Corel/CorelURLProvider.py
+++ b/Corel/CorelURLProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2021 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/FindAndReplace/FindAndReplace.py b/FindAndReplace/FindAndReplace.py
index e3cad540..3ec5fcbe 100644
--- a/FindAndReplace/FindAndReplace.py
+++ b/FindAndReplace/FindAndReplace.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2016-2020 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/GoToMeeting/GoToMeetingURLProvider.py b/GoToMeeting/GoToMeetingURLProvider.py
index 699a0d78..947271d8 100644
--- a/GoToMeeting/GoToMeetingURLProvider.py
+++ b/GoToMeeting/GoToMeetingURLProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2015-2020 Elliot Jordan
 # Based on original processor by Nick Gamewell
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ def get_g2m_info(self, base_url):
         meta_path = os.path.join(download_dir, "meta")
         try:
             os.makedirs(download_dir)
-        except os.error:
+        except OSError:
             # Directory already exists
             pass
 
diff --git a/Perforce/PerforceURLProvider.py b/Perforce/PerforceURLProvider.py
index d0f9f57e..5314d04d 100644
--- a/Perforce/PerforceURLProvider.py
+++ b/Perforce/PerforceURLProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2021 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/R/RProjectURLProvider.py b/R/RProjectURLProvider.py
index 1c9c869c..42e41860 100644
--- a/R/RProjectURLProvider.py
+++ b/R/RProjectURLProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2022 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/VersionSplitter/VersionSplitter.py b/VersionSplitter/VersionSplitter.py
index 7d31e502..a4d55edb 100644
--- a/VersionSplitter/VersionSplitter.py
+++ b/VersionSplitter/VersionSplitter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2015-2020 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/Zoom/Zoom7zUnarchiver.py b/Zoom/Zoom7zUnarchiver.py
index de6d41c7..3afd6941 100644
--- a/Zoom/Zoom7zUnarchiver.py
+++ b/Zoom/Zoom7zUnarchiver.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2010 Per Olofsson
 # Updated as draft by Yoann Gini in 2017 to support 7z file format for Zoom
diff --git a/ezeep/ezeepURLProvider.py b/ezeep/ezeepURLProvider.py
index e7845724..99f09054 100644
--- a/ezeep/ezeepURLProvider.py
+++ b/ezeep/ezeepURLProvider.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright 2021 Elliot Jordan
 #
diff --git a/test/test_functional.py b/test/test_functional.py
index a791d8ab..c666049a 100644
--- a/test/test_functional.py
+++ b/test/test_functional.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 """test_functional.py.
 
 Functional tests for homebysix-recipes.
 """
 
-
 import os
 import plistlib
 import shutil