diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
index 8a4d115a..6e681f54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download winsparkle
         run: |
-          Invoke-Webrequest -UseBasicParsing https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/releases/download/v0.8.1/WinSparkle-0.8.1.zip -OutFile out.zip
+          Invoke-Webrequest -UseBasicParsing https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/releases/download/v0.8.3/WinSparkle-0.8.3.zip -OutFile out.zip
           Expand-Archive out.zip
-          Move-Item 'out\WinSparkle-0.8.1\Release\*' '.\'
+          Move-Item 'out\WinSparkle-0.8.3\Release\*' '.\'
 
       - name: Build EDMC
         run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f73fcf73..27544fce 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,20 +20,10 @@ repos:
         #    hooks:
         #      - id: autopep8
 
-### # flake8 --show-source <file>
-### -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-###     rev: ''
-###     hooks:
-###       - id: flake8
-#
-# Try using local flake8
-- repo: local
-  hooks:
-    - id: flake8
-      name: flake8
-      entry: flake8
-      language: system
-      types: [ python ]
+-   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+    rev: 7.1.2
+    hooks:
+    -   id: flake8
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
     rev: 'v1.10.0'
@@ -51,7 +41,7 @@ repos:
       - id: mypy
         # verbose: true
         # log_file: 'pre-commit_mypy.log'
-        additional_dependencies: [ types-setuptools, types-requests, types-urllib3 ]
+        additional_dependencies: [ types-setuptools, types-requests ]
         # args: [ "--follow-imports", "skip", "--ignore-missing-imports", "--scripts-are-modules" ]
 
 ### # pydocstyle.exe <file>
diff --git a/EDMarketConnector.py b/EDMarketConnector.py
index 2e3f7934..80a958e1 100755
--- a/EDMarketConnector.py
+++ b/EDMarketConnector.py
@@ -2196,11 +2196,7 @@ sys.path: {sys.path}'''
     # Plain, not via `logger`
     print(f'{applongname} {appversion()}')
 
-    fools_lang = config.get_str('language')  # Happy April 1st, 2025!
-    if not config.get('2025_apr1_fooled'):
-        fools_lang = "uwu"
-        config.set('2025_apr1_fooled', True)
-    tr.install(fools_lang)  # Can generate errors so wait til log set up
+    tr.install(config.get_str('language'))  # Can generate errors so wait til log set up
 
     setup_killswitches(args.killswitches_file)
 
diff --git a/plug.py b/plug.py
index ee53e76b..beb53108 100644
--- a/plug.py
+++ b/plug.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ See LICENSE file.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
-import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import logging
 import operator
 import os