diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6c4f60c3..a7926932 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: pyproject-fmt
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.6.7
+    rev: v0.6.8
     hooks:
     -   id: ruff
 
diff --git a/nc_py_api/_session.py b/nc_py_api/_session.py
index 66326c7b..f3750160 100644
--- a/nc_py_api/_session.py
+++ b/nc_py_api/_session.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def _response_event(self, response: Response) -> None:
 
     def download2fp(self, url_path: str, fp, dav: bool, params=None, **kwargs):
         adapter = self.adapter_dav if dav else self.adapter
-        with adapter.stream("GET", url_path, params=params, headers=kwargs.get("headers", None)) as response:
+        with adapter.stream("GET", url_path, params=params, headers=kwargs.get("headers")) as response:
             check_error(response)
             for data_chunk in response.iter_raw(chunk_size=kwargs.get("chunk_size", 5 * 1024 * 1024)):
                 fp.write(data_chunk)
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async def _response_event(self, response: Response) -> None:
 
     async def download2fp(self, url_path: str, fp, dav: bool, params=None, **kwargs):
         adapter = self.adapter_dav if dav else self.adapter
-        async with adapter.stream("GET", url_path, params=params, headers=kwargs.get("headers", None)) as response:
+        async with adapter.stream("GET", url_path, params=params, headers=kwargs.get("headers")) as response:
             check_error(response)
             async for data_chunk in response.aiter_raw(chunk_size=kwargs.get("chunk_size", 5 * 1024 * 1024)):
                 fp.write(data_chunk)
diff --git a/nc_py_api/users.py b/nc_py_api/users.py
index 581477e3..77e1fbfb 100644
--- a/nc_py_api/users.py
+++ b/nc_py_api/users.py
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ async def get_avatar(
 
 
 def _create(user_id: str, display_name: str | None, **kwargs) -> dict[str, typing.Any]:
-    password = kwargs.get("password", None)
-    email = kwargs.get("email", None)
+    password = kwargs.get("password")
+    email = kwargs.get("email")
     if not password and not email:
         raise ValueError("Either password or email must be set")
     data = {"userid": user_id}