diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index fca5072..26ac40f 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "template": "https://github.com/iterative/cookiecutter-dvc-plugin",
-  "commit": "b5468040d24fba172720eaa61fb37dab48bda808",
+  "commit": "d98b3c3d7a00a8277dd6ae2acd6d7a8fd7c68a11",
   "checkout": null,
   "context": {
     "cookiecutter": {
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 25b28cb..40669bf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ ci:
   skip: [mypy, pylint]
 
 repos:
+  - hooks:
+      - id: no rej
+        name: Check for .rej files
+        entry: .rej files found, fix conflicts from these rejected files.
+        language: fail
+        files: \.rej$
   - hooks:
       - id: black
         language_version: python3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4185081..93585c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ load-plugins = ["pylint_pytest"]
 
 [tool.pylint.message_control]
 disable = [
-    "format", "refactoring", "spelling", "design", "no-self-use",
-    "invalid-name", "misplaced-comparison-constant", "duplicate-code", "fixme",
+    "format", "refactoring", "spelling", "design",
+    "invalid-name", "duplicate-code", "fixme",
     "unused-wildcard-import", "cyclic-import", "wrong-import-order",
     "wrong-import-position", "ungrouped-imports", "multiple-imports",
     "logging-format-interpolation", "logging-fstring-interpolation",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e214bf5..42efdee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ tests =
     collective.checkdocs==0.2
     pydocstyle==6.1.1
     # pylint requirements
-    pylint==2.11.1
+    pylint==2.16.2
     # we use this to suppress pytest-related false positives in our tests.
     pylint-pytest==1.1.2
     # we use this to suppress some messages in tests, eg: foo/bar naming,
     # and, protected method calls in our tests
     pylint-plugin-utils==0.6
     # type-checking
-    mypy==0.910
+    mypy==0.981
     types-requests==2.25.11
     types-tabulate==0.8.3
     types-toml==0.10.1