diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index da1e286..4ddbb33 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v2.6.1
+    rev: v2.7.2
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         args: ["--py3-plus"]
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ repos:
       - id: seed-isort-config
 
   - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
-    rev: 4.3.21
+    rev: 5.4.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.6.0
     hooks:
       - id: python-check-blanket-noqa
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v3.1.0
+    rev: v3.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: check-yaml
diff --git a/tests/test_artist.py b/tests/test_artist.py
index 8250f5b..802a5e2 100755
--- a/tests/test_artist.py
+++ b/tests/test_artist.py
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@ class TestPyLastArtist(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
         # Assert
         tags = artist.get_tags()
         assert len(tags) > 0
-        found = False
-        for tag in tags:
-            if tag.name == "testing":
-                found = True
-                break
+        found = any(tag.name == "testing" for tag in tags)
         assert found
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not WRITE_TEST, reason="Only test once to avoid collisions")
@@ -172,11 +168,7 @@ class TestPyLastArtist(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
 
         # Assert
         tags = artist.get_tags()
-        found = False
-        for tag in tags:
-            if tag.name == "testing":
-                found = True
-                break
+        found = any(tag.name == "testing" for tag in tags)
         assert not found
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not WRITE_TEST, reason="Only test once to avoid collisions")
@@ -191,11 +183,7 @@ class TestPyLastArtist(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
 
         # Assert
         tags = artist.get_tags()
-        found = False
-        for tag in tags:
-            if tag.name == "testing":
-                found = True
-                break
+        found = any(tag.name == "testing" for tag in tags)
         assert not found
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not WRITE_TEST, reason="Only test once to avoid collisions")
@@ -213,12 +201,8 @@ class TestPyLastArtist(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
         # Assert
         tags_after = artist.get_tags()
         assert len(tags_after) == len(tags_before) - 2
-        found1, found2 = False, False
-        for tag in tags_after:
-            if tag.name == "removetag1":
-                found1 = True
-            elif tag.name == "removetag2":
-                found2 = True
+        found1 = any(tag.name == "removetag1" for tag in tags_after)
+        found2 = any(tag.name == "removetag2" for tag in tags_after)
         assert not found1
         assert not found2
 
@@ -308,4 +292,4 @@ class TestPyLastArtist(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
         playcount = artist.get_userplaycount()
 
         # Assert
-        assert playcount >= 0
+        assert playcount >= 0  # whilst xfail: # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/tests/test_pylast.py b/tests/test_pylast.py
index 83a64ad..730d39d 100755
--- a/tests/test_pylast.py
+++ b/tests/test_pylast.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from flaky import flaky
 WRITE_TEST = sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 8)
 
 
-def load_secrets():
+def load_secrets():  # pragma: no cover
     secrets_file = "test_pylast.yaml"
     if os.path.isfile(secrets_file):
         import yaml  # pip install pyyaml
diff --git a/tests/test_user.py b/tests/test_user.py
index b0ae898..7f7e2e9 100755
--- a/tests/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/test_user.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TestPyLastUser(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
         if int(registered):
             # Last.fm API broken? Used to be yyyy-mm-dd not Unix timestamp
             assert registered == "1037793040"
-        else:
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
             # Old way
             # Just check date because of timezones
             assert "2002-11-20 " in registered
@@ -192,8 +192,13 @@ class TestPyLastUser(TestPyLastWithLastFm):
 
         # Act/Assert
         self.helper_validate_cacheable(lastfm_user, "get_friends")
-        self.helper_validate_cacheable(lastfm_user, "get_loved_tracks")
-        self.helper_validate_cacheable(lastfm_user, "get_recent_tracks")
+        # no cover whilst xfail:
+        self.helper_validate_cacheable(  # pragma: no cover
+            lastfm_user, "get_loved_tracks"
+        )
+        self.helper_validate_cacheable(  # pragma: no cover
+            lastfm_user, "get_recent_tracks"
+        )
 
     def test_user_get_top_tags_with_limit(self):
         # Arrange
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 87367e0..0a61ca1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setenv =
     PYLAST_PASSWORD_HASH={env:PYLAST_PASSWORD_HASH:}
     PYLAST_API_KEY={env:PYLAST_API_KEY:}
     PYLAST_API_SECRET={env:PYLAST_API_SECRET:}
-commands = pytest -v -s -W all --cov pylast --cov-report term-missing --random-order {posargs}
+commands = pytest -v -s -W all --cov pylast --cov tests --cov-report term-missing --random-order {posargs}
 
 [testenv:venv]
 deps = ipdb