diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fcf6faa..27a7e03 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.11.12
+    rev: v0.12.3
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --unsafe-fixes]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
       - id: validate-pyproject
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.16.0
+    rev: v1.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         exclude: tests|examples
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3b0a9ee..4582fc9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ test = [
     "pint",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
-    "pytest-qt",
+    "pytest-qt==4.4.0",
     "numpy",
     "cmap",
     "pyconify",
diff --git a/src/superqt/elidable/_eliding.py b/src/superqt/elidable/_eliding.py
index 2b50848..b67ff93 100644
--- a/src/superqt/elidable/_eliding.py
+++ b/src/superqt/elidable/_eliding.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class _GenericEliding:
         text = self._wrappedText()
         last_line = fm.elidedText("".join(text[nlines:]), self._elide_mode, width)
         # join them
-        return "".join(text[:nlines] + [last_line])
+        return "".join([*text[:nlines], last_line])
 
     def _wrappedText(self) -> list[str]:
         return _GenericEliding.wrapText(self._text, self.width(), self.font())