diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/core.py b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
index 4adb27cad0..c2282d28bf 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/core.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ async def dispatch_error(self, ctx: Context, error: Exception) -> None:
     async def transform(self, ctx: Context, param: inspect.Parameter) -> Any:
         if isinstance(param.annotation, Option):
             default = param.annotation.default
-            required = param.annotation.required or default is None
+            required = param.annotation.required
         else:
             default = param.default
             required = default is param.empty
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 801aa1d698..3c71378e73 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -r _.txt
-pylint~=3.0.2
+pylint~=3.0.3
 pytest~=7.4.3
 pytest-asyncio~=0.23.2
 # pytest-order~=1.0.1
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ mypy~=1.7.1
 coverage~=7.3
 pre-commit==3.5.0
 codespell==2.2.6
-bandit==1.7.5
+bandit==1.7.6
 flake8==6.1.0