diff --git a/.ci/scripts/check_release.py b/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
index 611c882ca..6e0799952 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ def main(options: argparse.Namespace, template_config: dict[str, t.Any]) -> int:
 
     # Warning: This will not work if branch names contain "/" but we don't really care here.
     heads = [h.split("/")[-1] for h in repo.git.branch("--remote").split("\n")]
-    available_branches = [h for h in heads if re.fullmatch(RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX, h)]
-    available_branches.sort(key=lambda ver: Version(ver))
-    available_branches.append(DEFAULT_BRANCH)
+    available_branches = sorted(
+        {h for h in heads if re.fullmatch(RELEASE_BRANCH_REGEX, h)}, key=lambda ver: Version(ver)
+    ) + [DEFAULT_BRANCH]
 
     branches = options.branches
     if branches == "supported":
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/check_requirements.py b/.ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
index 0edfaccc0..a19d579af 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import warnings
 from packaging.requirements import Requirement
 
-
 CHECK_MATRIX = [
     ("pyproject.toml", True, True, True),
     ("requirements.txt", True, True, True),
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py b/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
index f79d9a47c..0684e1c05 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 from git import GitCommandError, Repo
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-
 PYPI_PROJECT = "pulp_rpm"
 
 # Read Towncrier settings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5d928af7d..0a7490ae5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           pulpcore-manager openapi --file "api.json"
           pulpcore-manager openapi --bindings --component "rpm" --file "rpm-api.json"
       - name: "Upload Package whl"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "plugin_package"
           path: "pulp_rpm/dist/"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 5
           overwrite: true
       - name: "Upload API specs"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "api_spec"
           path: |
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
       - name: "Upload python client packages"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "python-client.tar"
           path: |
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 5
           overwrite: true
       - name: "Upload python client docs"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "python-client-docs.tar"
           path: |
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
       - name: "Upload Ruby client"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "ruby-client.tar"
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4faf21fde..fe19c3935 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: "write"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/download-artifact@v4"
+      - uses: "actions/download-artifact@v8"
         with:
           name: "plugin_package"
           path: "dist/"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "pulp_rpm"
 
       - name: "Download Python client"
-        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v4"
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v8"
         with:
           name: "python-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_rpm/"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "pulp_rpm"
 
       - name: "Download Ruby client"
-        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v4"
+        uses: "actions/download-artifact@v8"
         with:
           name: "ruby-client.tar"
           path: "pulp_rpm/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/stage-changelog-for-default-branch.py b/.github/workflows/scripts/stage-changelog-for-default-branch.py
index b1fccd77f..c94a0ca07 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/stage-changelog-for-default-branch.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/stage-changelog-for-default-branch.py
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@
 from git import Repo
 from git.exc import GitCommandError
 
-
-helper = textwrap.dedent(
-    """\
+helper = textwrap.dedent("""\
         Stage the changelog for a release on main branch.
 
         Example:
             $ python .github/workflows/scripts/stage-changelog-for-default-branch.py 3.4.0
 
-    """
-)
+    """)
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter, description=helper)
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 54cd63be4..dadefefb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
           docker logs pulp 2>&1 | grep -i pulpcore.deprecation | tee deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}.txt
 
       - name: "Upload Deprecations"
-        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v5"
+        uses: "actions/upload-artifact@v7"
         with:
           name: "deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}"
           path: "pulp_rpm/deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}.txt"
diff --git a/lint_requirements.txt b/lint_requirements.txt
index 6f8f0086b..bd37551cf 100644
--- a/lint_requirements.txt
+++ b/lint_requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
-black==24.3.0
+black~=26.3  # Pin style to the year. https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#how-stable-is-black-s-style
 bump-my-version
 check-manifest
 flake8
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/depsolving.py b/pulp_rpm/app/depsolving.py
index bfab3f23e..fb81d7377 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/depsolving.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/depsolving.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # The name for the repo inside libsolv which represents the combined set of target/destination
@@ -577,7 +576,7 @@ def get_units_from_solvables(self, solvables):
         """Map a list of solvables into their Pulp units, keyed by the repo they came from."""
         repo_unit_map = collections.defaultdict(set)
         for solvable in solvables:
-            (unit_id, repo_id) = self.get_unit_id(solvable)
+            unit_id, repo_id = self.get_unit_id(solvable)
             repo_unit_map[repo_id].add(unit_id)
 
         return repo_unit_map
@@ -1026,7 +1025,7 @@ def write_solver_debug_data(solver, problems, mapping, full=False):
         print(file=summary)
 
         for solvable in transaction.newsolvables():
-            (reason, rule) = solver.describe_decision(solvable)
+            reason, rule = solver.describe_decision(solvable)
 
             print(
                 "{name}-{evr}.{arch}".format(
@@ -1035,15 +1034,15 @@ def write_solver_debug_data(solver, problems, mapping, full=False):
                 file=summary,
             )
 
-            (reason_name, reason_description) = reason_desc_map[reason]
-            (unit_id, from_repo) = mapping.get_unit_id(solvable)
+            reason_name, reason_description = reason_desc_map[reason]
+            unit_id, from_repo = mapping.get_unit_id(solvable)
             print(
                 "    Pulp Content unit '{}' from repo '{}'".format(unit_id, from_repo), file=summary
             )
             print("    Reason: {} - {}".format(reason_name, reason_description), file=summary)
             print("    Rules:", file=summary)
             for info in rule.allinfos():
-                (rule_name, rule_description) = rule_desc_map[info.type]
+                rule_name, rule_description = rule_desc_map[info.type]
                 print("        {} - {}".format(rule_name, rule_description), file=summary)
                 if info.solvable:
                     pkg = str(info.solvable)
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/downloaders.py b/pulp_rpm/app/downloaders.py
index 07dfc4dc3..c61ebdded 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/downloaders.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/downloaders.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from pulp_rpm.app.exceptions import UlnCredentialsError
 from pulp_rpm.app.shared_utils import urlpath_sanitize
 
-
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
             # So, we have a pretty ugly workaround.
             parsed = urlparse(self.url)
             # two pieces of the URL: pre- and post-path
-            (before_path, after_path) = self.url.split(parsed.path)
+            before_path, after_path = self.url.split(parsed.path)
             new_path = quote(unquote(parsed.path), safe=":/")  # fix the path
             new_url = "{}{}{}".format(before_path, new_path, after_path)  # rebuild
         if self.sles_auth_token:
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/management/commands/rpm-datarepair.py b/pulp_rpm/app/management/commands/rpm-datarepair.py
index cf38ab17f..aa47911db 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/management/commands/rpm-datarepair.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/management/commands/rpm-datarepair.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def repair_2460(self):
 
         def fix_package(package):
             def fix_requirement(require):
-                (name, flags, epoch, version, release, pre) = require
+                name, flags, epoch, version, release, pre = require
                 if "&" in name:
                     fixed_name = name.replace("&", "&")
                     return (fixed_name, flags, epoch, version, release)
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/modelresource.py b/pulp_rpm/app/modelresource.py
index 9176d7212..f7be20474 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/modelresource.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/modelresource.py
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ def before_import_row(self, row, **kwargs):
         """
         super().before_import_row(row, **kwargs)
 
-        (uc_name, uc_updrec_digest) = row["update_collection"].split("|")
+        uc_name, uc_updrec_digest = row["update_collection"].split("|")
         uc_updrecord = UpdateRecord.objects.filter(
             digest=uc_updrec_digest, pulp_domain=get_domain()
         ).first()
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/models/acs.py b/pulp_rpm/app/models/acs.py
index 0263ee4a4..a293e9db9 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/models/acs.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/models/acs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from pulpcore.plugin.models import AlternateContentSource, AutoAddObjPermsMixin
 from pulp_rpm.app.models import RpmRemote
 
-
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/models/modulemd.py b/pulp_rpm/app/models/modulemd.py
index abca648f6..59d3086b5 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/models/modulemd.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/models/modulemd.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 from pulp_rpm.app.models.package import Package
 
-
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/models/repository.py b/pulp_rpm/app/models/repository.py
index bb2d08e20..439b03512 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/models/repository.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/models/repository.py
@@ -542,13 +542,11 @@ def content_handler(self, path):
             repo_config = publication.repo_config
             repo_config.pop("name", None)
             repo_config.pop("baseurl", None)
-            val = textwrap.dedent(
-                f"""\
+            val = textwrap.dedent(f"""\
                 [{re.sub(self.INVALID_REPO_ID_CHARS, "", self.name)}]
                 name={self.name}
                 baseurl={base_url}
-                """
-            )
+                """)
             for k, v in repo_config.items():
                 val += f"{k}={v}\n"
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/serializers/package.py b/pulp_rpm/app/serializers/package.py
index 07449291b..5431f61b5 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/serializers/package.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/serializers/package.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from pulp_rpm.app.models import Package
 from pulp_rpm.app.shared_utils import read_crpackage_from_artifact, format_nvra
 
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/copy.py b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/copy.py
index 397981bd0..c0fc75ac7 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/copy.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/copy.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def find_children_of_content(content, src_repo_version):
         package_nevras = advisory.get_pkglist()
         advisory_package_q = Q(pk__in=[])
         for nevra in package_nevras:
-            (name, epoch, version, release, arch) = nevra
+            name, epoch, version, release, arch = nevra
             advisory_package_q |= Q(
                 name=name,
                 epoch=epoch,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def find_children_of_content(content, src_repo_version):
         module_nsvcas = advisory.get_module_list()
         advisory_module_q = Q(pk__in=[])
         for nsvca in module_nsvcas:
-            (name, stream, version, context, arch) = nsvca
+            name, stream, version, context, arch = nsvca
             advisory_module_q |= Q(
                 name=name,
                 stream=stream,
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/publishing.py b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/publishing.py
index 2aee73eef..6a4aa0155 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/publishing.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/publishing.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def generate_repo_metadata(
         pkg = package.to_createrepo_c()
 
         # rewrite the checksum and checksum type with the desired ones
-        (checksum, pkgId) = pkg_to_hash[package.pk]
+        checksum, pkgId = pkg_to_hash[package.pk]
         pkg.checksum_type = checksum
         pkg.pkgId = pkgId
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/synchronizing.py b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/synchronizing.py
index 5db24aa61..4d248b3e2 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/synchronizing.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/app/tasks/synchronizing.py
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ async def parse_repository_metadata(self, repomd, metadata_results):
             # can't be flagged as 'modular' thus broken repository!
             if modulemd_result.url.endswith("zck"):
                 raise TypeError(_("Modular data compressed with ZCK is not supported."))
-            (modulemd_dcs, modulemd_list) = await self.parse_modules_metadata(modulemd_result)
+            modulemd_dcs, modulemd_list = await self.parse_modules_metadata(modulemd_result)
 
         # **Now** we can successfully parse package-metadata
         await self.parse_packages(
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ def verification_and_skip_callback(pkg):
             for name, versions in packages.items():
                 versions.sort(key=lambda p: p[0], reverse=True)
                 for pkg in versions[self.repository.retain_package_versions :]:
-                    (evr, nevra) = pkg
+                    evr, nevra = pkg
                     package_skip_nevras.add(nevra)
                     skipped_packages += 1
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_auto_publish.py b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_auto_publish.py
index f697dee53..3e2258f44 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_auto_publish.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_auto_publish.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # coding=utf-8
 """Tests that sync rpm plugin repositories."""
+
 import pytest
 
 
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_character_encoding.py b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_character_encoding.py
index 0e36ff885..a54c5a001 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_character_encoding.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_character_encoding.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     RPM_WITH_NON_UTF_8_URL,
 )
 
-
 """Test upload of RPMs with different character encoding.
 
 This test targets the following issues:
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_crud_content_unit.py b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_crud_content_unit.py
index 2baa93e25..6bc05196a 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_crud_content_unit.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_crud_content_unit.py
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ def test_create_modulemd_defaults(monitor_task, gen_object_with_cleanup, rpm_mod
         "module": "squid",
         "stream": "4",
         "profiles": '{"4": ["common"]}',
-        "snippet": dedent(
-            """\
+        "snippet": dedent("""\
         ---
         document: modulemd-defaults
         version: 1
@@ -158,8 +157,7 @@ def test_create_modulemd_defaults(monitor_task, gen_object_with_cleanup, rpm_mod
           stream: "4"
           profiles:
             4: [common]
-        ..."""
-        ),
+        ..."""),
     }
 
     # Can create
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_publish.py b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_publish.py
index d4b23a129..a5ead4a62 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_publish.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/api/test_publish.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def test_distribution_tree_metadata_publish(
 
     # skip any differences that are "correct" i.e. rewritten "repository" and "packages" paths
     for d in diff:
-        (diff_type, diff_name, _, new_value) = (d[0], d[1], d[2][0], d[2][1])
+        diff_type, diff_name, _, new_value = (d[0], d[1], d[2][0], d[2][1])
         # ('change', 'variant-Land.packages', ('Packages', 'Land/Packages'))
         if diff_type == "change":
             if diff_name.endswith(".packages") or diff_name.endswith(".repository"):
diff --git a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/utils.py b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/utils.py
index 41823b874..0ac7d8dab 100644
--- a/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/utils.py
+++ b/pulp_rpm/tests/functional/utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 from pulpcore.client.pulpcore import ApiClient as CoreApiClient, TasksApi
 from pulpcore.client.pulp_rpm import ApiClient as RpmApiClient
 
-
 cfg = config.get_config()
 configuration = cfg.get_bindings_config()