diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/environment_vars.py b/freqtrade/configuration/environment_vars.py
index d59d4bd23..c5efd45b7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/environment_vars.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/environment_vars.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def flat_vars_to_nested_dict(env_dict: Dict[str, Any], prefix: str) -> Dict[str,
             key = env_var.replace(prefix, '')
             for k in reversed(key.split('__')):
                 val = {k.lower(): get_var_typed(val)
-                       if type(val) != dict and k not in no_convert else val}
+                       if not isinstance(val, dict) and k not in no_convert else val}
             relevant_vars = deep_merge_dicts(val, relevant_vars)
     return relevant_vars
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8770eacc8..cac9d5cd7 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -r docs/requirements-docs.txt
 
 coveralls==3.3.1
-ruff==0.0.284
+ruff==0.0.285
 mypy==1.5.1
 pre-commit==3.3.3
 pytest==7.4.0
diff --git a/tests/data/test_dataprovider.py b/tests/data/test_dataprovider.py
index 31c6763bc..1eeaffb2c 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_dataprovider.py
+++ b/tests/data/test_dataprovider.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def test_orderbook(mocker, default_conf, order_book_l2):
     assert order_book_l2.call_args_list[0][0][0] == 'ETH/BTC'
     assert order_book_l2.call_args_list[0][0][1] >= 5
 
-    assert type(res) is dict
+    assert isinstance(res, dict)
     assert 'bids' in res
     assert 'asks' in res
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def test_market(mocker, default_conf, markets):
     dp = DataProvider(default_conf, exchange)
     res = dp.market('ETH/BTC')
 
-    assert type(res) is dict
+    assert isinstance(res, dict)
     assert 'symbol' in res
     assert res['symbol'] == 'ETH/BTC'
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def test_ticker(mocker, default_conf, tickers):
     exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf)
     dp = DataProvider(default_conf, exchange)
     res = dp.ticker('ETH/BTC')
-    assert type(res) is dict
+    assert isinstance(res, dict)
     assert 'symbol' in res
     assert res['symbol'] == 'ETH/BTC'
 
diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index 84b525cff..adb8b7497 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ def test_refresh_latest_ohlcv_inv_result(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     assert exchange._klines
     assert exchange._api_async.fetch_ohlcv.call_count == 2
 
-    assert type(res) is dict
+    assert isinstance(res, dict)
     assert len(res) == 1
     # Test that each is in list at least once as order is not guaranteed
     assert log_has("Error loading ETH/BTC. Result was [[]].", caplog)
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ async def test__async_fetch_trades(default_conf, mocker, caplog, exchange_name,
 
     pair = 'ETH/BTC'
     res = await exchange._async_fetch_trades(pair, since=None, params=None)
-    assert type(res) is list
+    assert isinstance(res, list)
     assert isinstance(res[0], list)
     assert isinstance(res[1], list)
 
@@ -2954,9 +2954,9 @@ async def test__async_get_trade_history_id(default_conf, mocker, exchange_name,
     ret = await exchange._async_get_trade_history_id(pair,
                                                      since=fetch_trades_result[0]['timestamp'],
                                                      until=fetch_trades_result[-1]['timestamp'] - 1)
-    assert type(ret) is tuple
+    assert isinstance(ret, tuple)
     assert ret[0] == pair
-    assert type(ret[1]) is list
+    assert isinstance(ret[1], list)
     assert len(ret[1]) == len(fetch_trades_result)
     assert exchange._api_async.fetch_trades.call_count == 3
     fetch_trades_cal = exchange._api_async.fetch_trades.call_args_list
@@ -2992,9 +2992,9 @@ async def test__async_get_trade_history_time(default_conf, mocker, caplog, excha
         pair,
         since=fetch_trades_result[0]['timestamp'],
         until=fetch_trades_result[-1]['timestamp'] - 1)
-    assert type(ret) is tuple
+    assert isinstance(ret, tuple)
     assert ret[0] == pair
-    assert type(ret[1]) is list
+    assert isinstance(ret[1], list)
     assert len(ret[1]) == len(fetch_trades_result)
     assert exchange._api_async.fetch_trades.call_count == 2
     fetch_trades_cal = exchange._api_async.fetch_trades.call_args_list
@@ -3028,9 +3028,9 @@ async def test__async_get_trade_history_time_empty(default_conf, mocker, caplog,
     pair = 'ETH/BTC'
     ret = await exchange._async_get_trade_history_time(pair, since=trades_history[0][0],
                                                        until=trades_history[-1][0] - 1)
-    assert type(ret) is tuple
+    assert isinstance(ret, tuple)
     assert ret[0] == pair
-    assert type(ret[1]) is list
+    assert isinstance(ret[1], list)
     assert len(ret[1]) == len(trades_history) - 1
     assert exchange._async_fetch_trades.call_count == 2
     fetch_trades_cal = exchange._async_fetch_trades.call_args_list
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
index cbbf1e6da..369a7f223 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_pairlist.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ def test_VolumePairList_whitelist_gen(mocker, whitelist_conf, shitcoinmarkets, t
         assert isinstance(whitelist, list)
 
         # Verify length of pairlist matches (used for ShuffleFilter without seed)
-        if type(whitelist_result) is list:
+        if isinstance(whitelist_result, list):
             assert whitelist == whitelist_result
         else:
             len(whitelist) == whitelist_result
diff --git a/tests/test_arguments.py b/tests/test_arguments.py
index 0c63f636d..b4f6e7279 100644
--- a/tests/test_arguments.py
+++ b/tests/test_arguments.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_parse_args_backtesting_custom() -> None:
     assert call_args['command'] == 'backtesting'
     assert call_args['func'] is not None
     assert call_args['timeframe'] == '1m'
-    assert type(call_args['strategy_list']) is list
+    assert isinstance(call_args['strategy_list'], list)
     assert len(call_args['strategy_list']) == 2