diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4aca031a6..de60455f2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repos:
 
 
   - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.0.165
+    rev: v0.0.174
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: ["--fix"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 893006e03..70eeb04bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ extend-select = [
     "F",    # flakes
     "D",    # pydocstyle
     "I", # isort
-    "U",    # pyupgrade
+    "UP",    # pyupgrade
     # "N",  # pep8-naming
     # "S",  # bandit
     "C",    # flake8-comprehensions
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:path is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",
     "ignore:Jupyter is migrating its paths to use standard platformdirs:DeprecationWarning",
     "ignore:Enum value:DeprecationWarning:matplotlib",
+    "ignore:Widget([^\\s]+) is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",  # ipywidgets
 ]
 
 # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config_file.html
diff --git a/src/magicgui/signature.py b/src/magicgui/signature.py
index 6ddd46bf0..2882da81a 100644
--- a/src/magicgui/signature.py
+++ b/src/magicgui/signature.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence, cast
 
-from typing_extensions import Annotated, _AnnotatedAlias
+from typing_extensions import Annotated, get_args, get_origin
 
 from magicgui.application import AppRef
 from magicgui.types import Undefined
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 TZ_EMPTY = "__no__default__"
 
 
-def make_annotated(
-    annotation: Any = Any, options: dict | None = None
-) -> _AnnotatedAlias:
+def make_annotated(annotation: Any = Any, options: dict | None = None) -> Any:
     """Merge a annotation and an options dict into an Annotated type.
 
     Parameters
@@ -55,27 +53,12 @@ def make_annotated(
         raise TypeError("'options' must be a dict")
     _options = (options or {}).copy()
 
-    if isinstance(annotation, _AnnotatedAlias):
-        hint, anno_options = split_annotated_type(annotation)
+    if get_origin(annotation) is Annotated:
+        annotation, anno_options = get_args(annotation)
         _options.update(anno_options)
-        annotation = hint
     return Annotated[annotation, _options]
 
 
-def split_annotated_type(annotation: _AnnotatedAlias) -> tuple[Any, dict]:
-    """Split an Annotated type into its base type and options dict."""
-    if not isinstance(annotation, _AnnotatedAlias):
-        raise TypeError("Type hint must be an 'Annotated' type.")
-
-    meta = annotation.__metadata__[0]
-    if not isinstance(meta, dict):
-        raise TypeError(
-            "Invalid Annotated format for magicgui. First arg must be a dict"
-        )
-
-    return annotation.__args__[0], meta
-
-
 class _void:
     """private sentinel."""
 
@@ -117,7 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
     @property
     def options(self) -> dict:
         """Return just this options part of the annotation."""
-        return split_annotated_type(self.annotation)[1]
+        return cast(dict, get_args(self.annotation)[1])
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """Return __repr__, replacing NoneType if present."""
@@ -127,7 +110,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         """Return string representation of the Parameter in a signature."""
-        hint, _ = split_annotated_type(self.annotation)
+        hint, _ = get_args(self.annotation)
         return str(
             inspect.Parameter(
                 self.name, self.kind, default=self.default, annotation=hint
@@ -139,13 +122,11 @@ def to_widget(self, app: AppRef | None = None) -> Widget:
         from magicgui.widgets import create_widget
 
         value = Undefined if self.default in (self.empty, TZ_EMPTY) else self.default
-        annotation, options = split_annotated_type(self.annotation)
         widget = create_widget(
             name=self.name,
             value=value,
-            annotation=annotation,
+            annotation=self.annotation,
             app=app,
-            options=options,
             raise_on_unknown=self.raise_on_unknown,
         )
         widget.param_kind = self.kind
diff --git a/src/magicgui/type_map/_type_map.py b/src/magicgui/type_map/_type_map.py
index c2bacb08e..cf44a2b5d 100644
--- a/src/magicgui/type_map/_type_map.py
+++ b/src/magicgui/type_map/_type_map.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     overload,
 )
 
-from typing_extensions import get_args, get_origin
+from typing_extensions import Annotated, get_args, get_origin
 
 from magicgui import widgets
 from magicgui._type_resolution import resolve_single_type
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ def _pick_widget_type(
     raise_on_unknown: bool = True,
 ) -> WidgetTuple:
     """Pick the appropriate widget type for ``value`` with ``annotation``."""
-    options = options or {}
+    annotation, _options = _split_annotated_type(annotation)
+    options = {**_options, **(options or {})}
     choices = options.get("choices")
 
     if is_result and annotation is inspect.Parameter.empty:
@@ -263,6 +264,21 @@ def _pick_widget_type(
     return widgets.EmptyWidget, {"visible": False}
 
 
+def _split_annotated_type(annotation: Any) -> tuple[Any, dict]:
+    """Split an Annotated type into its base type and options dict."""
+    if get_origin(annotation) is not Annotated:
+        return annotation, {}
+
+    type_, meta_, *_ = get_args(annotation)
+
+    try:
+        meta = dict(meta_)
+    except TypeError:
+        meta = {}
+
+    return type_, meta
+
+
 def get_widget_class(
     value: Any = Undefined,
     annotation: Any = Undefined,
diff --git a/src/magicgui/widgets/bases/_widget.py b/src/magicgui/widgets/bases/_widget.py
index 4806da940..57c43829c 100644
--- a/src/magicgui/widgets/bases/_widget.py
+++ b/src/magicgui/widgets/bases/_widget.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 BUILDING_DOCS = sys.argv[-2:] == ["build", "docs"]
 if BUILDING_DOCS:
-    import numpy as np
+    pass
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from weakref import ReferenceType
 
diff --git a/tests/test_signature.py b/tests/test_signature.py
index db217b4a0..7c018a5d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_signature.py
+++ b/tests/test_signature.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
-from magicgui.signature import magic_signature, make_annotated, split_annotated_type
+from magicgui.signature import magic_signature, make_annotated
 
 
 def test_make_annotated_raises():
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ def test_make_annotated_works_with_already_annotated():
     )
 
 
-def test_split_annotated_raises():
-    """Test split_annotated raises on bad input."""
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        split_annotated_type(int)
-
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        split_annotated_type(Annotated[int, 1])
-
-
 def _sample_func(a: int, b: str = "hi"):
     pass
 
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 41b13cd96..62b7fd587 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
+from typing_extensions import Annotated, get_args
 
 from magicgui import magicgui, register_type, type_map, type_registered, types, widgets
 from magicgui._type_resolution import resolve_single_type
@@ -43,6 +44,24 @@ def test_pick_widget_builtins_forward_refs(cls, string):
     assert wdg.__name__ == cls
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "hint, expected_wdg",
+    [
+        (Annotated[int, {"min": 8, "max": 9}], widgets.SpinBox),
+        (
+            Annotated[float, {"widget_type": "FloatSlider", "step": 9}],
+            widgets.FloatSlider,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_annotated_types(hint, expected_wdg):
+    wdg, options = type_map.get_widget_class(annotation=hint)
+    assert wdg is expected_wdg
+    for k, v in get_args(hint)[1].items():
+        if k != "widget_type":
+            assert options[k] == v
+
+
 def test_forward_refs_return_annotation():
     """Test that forward refs return annotations get resolved."""