diff --git a/py/conftest.py b/py/conftest.py
index 5ce71b91182c9..71d7103bbb045 100644
--- a/py/conftest.py
+++ b/py/conftest.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import time
-from test.selenium.webdriver.common.network import get_lan_ip
-from test.selenium.webdriver.common.webserver import SimpleWebServer
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 import pytest
 
 from selenium import webdriver
+from test.selenium.webdriver.common.network import get_lan_ip
+from test.selenium.webdriver.common.webserver import SimpleWebServer
 
 drivers = (
     "chrome",
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def pytest_ignore_collect(path, config):
 
 
 def get_driver_class(driver_option):
-    """Generate the driver class name from the lowercase driver option"""
+    """Generate the driver class name from the lowercase driver option."""
     if driver_option == "webkitgtk":
         driver_class = "WebKitGTK"
     elif driver_option == "wpewebkit":
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ def get_driver_class(driver_option):
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def driver(request):
     kwargs = {}
-
     # browser can be changed with `--driver=firefox` as an argument or to addopts in pytest.ini
     driver_class = get_driver_class(getattr(request, "param", "Chrome"))
-
     # skip tests if not available on the platform
     _platform = platform.system()
     if driver_class == "Safari" and _platform != "Darwin":
@@ -125,12 +123,10 @@ def driver(request):
         pytest.skip("IE and EdgeHTML Tests can only run on Windows")
     if "WebKit" in driver_class and _platform == "Windows":
         pytest.skip("WebKit tests cannot be run on Windows")
-
     # skip tests for drivers that don't support BiDi when --bidi is enabled
     if request.config.option.bidi:
         if driver_class in ("Ie", "Safari", "WebKitGTK", "WPEWebKit"):
             pytest.skip(f"{driver_class} does not support BiDi")
-
     # conditionally mark tests as expected to fail based on driver
     marker = request.node.get_closest_marker(f"xfail_{driver_class.lower()}")
 
@@ -182,7 +178,6 @@ def fin():
 
         driver_instance = getattr(webdriver, driver_class)(**kwargs)
     yield driver_instance
-
     # Close the browser after BiDi tests. Those make event subscriptions
     # and doesn't seems to be stable enough, causing the flakiness of the
     # subsequent tests.
diff --git a/py/pyproject.toml b/py/pyproject.toml
index 16b03e241b975..5803c4de29092 100644
--- a/py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,15 +136,36 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 # Automatically keep imports alphabetically sorted, on single lines in
 # PEP recommended sections (https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/#imports)
 # files or individual lines can be ignored via `# isort:skip|# isort:skip_file`.
-profile = "black"
-py_version=39
 force_single_line = true
+profile = "black"
+py_version = 39
+quiet = true
+skip = "selenium/webdriver/common/devtools"
 
 [tool.black]
-extend-exclude = 'selenium/webdriver/common/devtools'
+extend-exclude = "selenium/webdriver/common/devtools"
 line-length = 120
-target-version = ['py39']
+target-version = ["py39"]
+
+[tool.autoflake]
+exclude = "selenium/webdriver/common/devtools"
+ignore-pass-after-docstring = true
+in-place = true
+quiet = true
+recursive = true
+remove-all-unused-imports = true
+remove-duplicate-keys = true
+remove-unused-variables = true
+
+[tool.flake8]
+exclude = "selenium/webdriver/common/devtools"
+# Disable E501 once line length is better handled
+extend-ignore = ["E501", "E203"]
+# This does nothing for now as E501 is ignored
+max-line-length = 120
+min-python-version = "3.9"
 
 [tool.docformatter]
-exclude = 'selenium/webdriver/common/devtools'
+exclude = "selenium/webdriver/common/devtools"
+in-place = true
 recursive = true
diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py
index fd3c81f5f58a6..99fcf7ad571eb 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/support/expected_conditions.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _predicate(driver: WebDriver):
 
 
 def visibility_of_element_located(
-    locator: Tuple[str, str]
+    locator: Tuple[str, str],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriverOrWebElement], Union[Literal[False], WebElement]]:
     """An expectation for checking that an element is present on the DOM of a
     page and visible. Visibility means that the element is not only displayed
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def _predicate(driver: WebDriverOrWebElement):
 
 
 def visibility_of_all_elements_located(
-    locator: Tuple[str, str]
+    locator: Tuple[str, str],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriverOrWebElement], Union[List[WebElement], Literal[False]]]:
     """An expectation for checking that all elements are present on the DOM of
     a page and visible. Visibility means that the elements are not only
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def _predicate(driver: WebDriverOrWebElement):
 
 
 def frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it(
-    locator: Union[Tuple[str, str], str, WebElement]
+    locator: Union[Tuple[str, str], str, WebElement],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriver], bool]:
     """An expectation for checking whether the given frame is available to
     switch to.
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def _predicate(driver: WebDriver):
 
 
 def invisibility_of_element_located(
-    locator: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]]
+    locator: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriverOrWebElement], Union[WebElement, bool]]:
     """An Expectation for checking that an element is either invisible or not
     present on the DOM.
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def _predicate(driver: WebDriverOrWebElement):
 
 
 def invisibility_of_element(
-    element: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]]
+    element: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriverOrWebElement], Union[WebElement, bool]]:
     """An Expectation for checking that an element is either invisible or not
     present on the DOM.
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def invisibility_of_element(
 
 
 def element_to_be_clickable(
-    mark: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]]
+    mark: Union[WebElement, Tuple[str, str]],
 ) -> Callable[[WebDriverOrWebElement], Union[Literal[False], WebElement]]:
     """An Expectation for checking an element is visible and enabled such that
     you can click it.
diff --git a/py/tox.ini b/py/tox.ini
index 2d3cc9134d894..7bf3bc7dbcdf9 100644
--- a/py/tox.ini
+++ b/py/tox.ini
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ envlist = docs, flake8, isort, validate-pyproject
 [testenv:validate-pyproject]
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-  validate-pyproject==0.23
-  packaging==24.2
+  validate-pyproject==0.24.1
+  packaging==25.0
 commands =
   validate-pyproject ./pyproject.toml
 
@@ -33,42 +33,45 @@ deps =
 commands = mypy --install-types {posargs}
 
 [testenv:linting-ci]
-; checks linting for CI with stricter exiting when failing.
+; checks linting for CI with stricter exiting when failing and no rewriting
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-  isort==5.13.2
-  black==24.1.1
-  flake8==6.1.0
-  flake8-typing-imports==1.14.0
+  isort==6.0.1
+  black==25.1.0
+  autoflake==2.3.1
+  flake8==7.1.2
+  flake8-pyproject==1.2.3
+  flake8-typing-imports==1.16.0
   docformatter==1.7.5
 commands =
-  ; execute isort in check only mode.
   isort --check-only --diff selenium/ test/ conftest.py
-  ; execute black in check only mode with diff.
-  black --check --diff selenium/ test/ conftest.py -l 120
-  flake8 selenium/ test/ --min-python-version=3.9
-  docformatter --check -r selenium/
+  black --check --diff selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  autoflake --check-diff selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  flake8 selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  docformatter --check --diff selenium/ test/ conftest.py
 
 [testenv:linting]
 ; A consolidated linting based recipe, responsible for executing linting tools across the code base.
-; This encompasses isort for imports, black for general formatting and flake8.
-; IMPORTANT: black & isort rewrite files, flake8 merely alerts to the failure.
+; This encompasses:
+;   - isort for imports
+;   - black and flake8 for general formatting
+;   - autoflake for unused imports and variables
+;   - docformatter for docstrings
+; IMPORTANT:
+;   - isort, black, autoflake, docformatter: will rewrite files
+;   - flake8: only alerts to the failures
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-  isort==5.13.2
-  black==24.1.1
-  flake8==6.1.0
-  flake8-typing-imports==1.14.0
+  isort==6.0.1
+  black==25.1.0
+  autoflake==2.3.1
+  flake8==7.1.2
+  flake8-pyproject==1.2.3
+  flake8-typing-imports==1.16.0
   docformatter==1.7.5
 commands =
   isort selenium/ test/ conftest.py
-  black selenium/ test/ conftest.py -l 120
-  flake8 selenium/ test/ --min-python-version=3.9
-  docformatter --in-place -r selenium/
-
-[flake8]
-exclude = .tox,selenium/webdriver/common/devtools,docs/source/conf.py,*venv
-# Disable this once black is applied throughout & line length is better handled.
-extend-ignore = E501, E203
-# This does nothing for now as E501 is ignored.
-max-line-length = 120
+  black selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  autoflake selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  flake8 selenium/ test/ conftest.py
+  docformatter selenium/ test/ conftest.py