diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 03ec27b35492..d548b7a1eddc 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         "phpunit/phpcov": "^9.0.2 || ^10.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.16 || ^11.2",
         "predis/predis": "^3.0",
-        "rector/rector": "2.1.7",
+        "rector/rector": "2.2.1",
         "shipmonk/phpstan-baseline-per-identifier": "^2.0"
     },
     "replace": {
diff --git a/rector.php b/rector.php
index 44c1d838c7e4..680f422a562e 100644
--- a/rector.php
+++ b/rector.php
@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@
         // keep '\\' prefix string on string '\Foo\Bar'
         StringClassNameToClassConstantRector::SHOULD_KEEP_PRE_SLASH => true,
     ])
-    ->withCodeQualityLevel(52);
+    ->withCodeQualityLevel(53);
diff --git a/system/BaseModel.php b/system/BaseModel.php
index a1859a11b450..fdc07ba2330d 100644
--- a/system/BaseModel.php
+++ b/system/BaseModel.php
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ protected function shouldUpdate($row): bool
     {
         $id = $this->getIdValue($row);
 
-        return ! ($id === null || $id === [] || $id === '');
+        return ! in_array($id, [null, [], ''], true);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/Common.php b/system/Common.php
index d604c07d6f56..41b16100c295 100644
--- a/system/Common.php
+++ b/system/Common.php
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ function stringify_attributes($attributes, bool $js = false): string
     {
         $atts = '';
 
-        if ($attributes === '' || $attributes === [] || $attributes === null) {
+        if (in_array($attributes, ['', [], null], true)) {
             return $atts;
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/Database.php b/system/Database/Database.php
index 36a22862cdd4..5582e4022db5 100644
--- a/system/Database/Database.php
+++ b/system/Database/Database.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected function parseDSN(array $params): array
     {
         $dsn = parse_url($params['DSN']);
 
-        if ($dsn === 0 || $dsn === '' || $dsn === '0' || $dsn === [] || $dsn === false || $dsn === null) {
+        if (in_array($dsn, [0, '', '0', [], false, null], true)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException('Your DSN connection string is invalid.');
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Validation/FormatRules.php b/system/Validation/FormatRules.php
index af075a31e713..e28ef97706f3 100644
--- a/system/Validation/FormatRules.php
+++ b/system/Validation/FormatRules.php
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ public function valid_url($str = null): bool
      */
     public function valid_url_strict($str = null, ?string $validSchemes = null): bool
     {
-        if ($str === null || $str === '' || $str === '0') {
+        if (in_array($str, [null, '', '0'], true)) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/system/View/Cell.php b/system/View/Cell.php
index 8325accc7223..ccf24cbca210 100644
--- a/system/View/Cell.php
+++ b/system/View/Cell.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function render(string $library, $params = null, int $ttl = 0, ?string $c
     public function prepareParams($params)
     {
         if (
-            ($params === null || $params === '' || $params === [])
+            in_array($params, [null, '', []], true)
             || (! is_string($params) && ! is_array($params))
         ) {
             return [];
diff --git a/tests/system/Models/UpdateModelTest.php b/tests/system/Models/UpdateModelTest.php
index 2f01bb6a13f8..9e68a659cf1c 100644
--- a/tests/system/Models/UpdateModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Models/UpdateModelTest.php
@@ -432,10 +432,7 @@ public function testUpdateSetEntity(): void
     public function testUpdateEntityWithPrimaryKeyCast(): void
     {
         if (
-            $this->db->DBDriver === 'OCI8'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'Postgre'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'SQLSRV'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'SQLite3'
+            in_array($this->db->DBDriver, ['OCI8', 'Postgre', 'SQLSRV', 'SQLite3'], true)
         ) {
             $this->markTestSkipped($this->db->DBDriver . ' does not work with binary data as string data.');
         }
@@ -464,10 +461,7 @@ public function testUpdateEntityWithPrimaryKeyCast(): void
     public function testUpdateBatchEntityWithPrimaryKeyCast(): void
     {
         if (
-            $this->db->DBDriver === 'OCI8'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'Postgre'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'SQLSRV'
-            || $this->db->DBDriver === 'SQLite3'
+            in_array($this->db->DBDriver, ['OCI8', 'Postgre', 'SQLSRV', 'SQLite3'], true)
         ) {
             $this->markTestSkipped($this->db->DBDriver . ' does not work with binary data as string data.');
         }