diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6a9ff02de..97d7d01ab 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ repos:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
         additional_dependencies: ["tox>=4.12.1"]
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.4.2"
+    rev: "v0.4.3"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-format
       - id: ruff
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/__main__.py b/src/virtualenv/__main__.py
index 2dc97c787..d0979a665 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/__main__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/__main__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def run(args=None, options=None, env=None):
         print(f"subprocess call failed for {exception.cmd} with code {exception.code}")  # noqa: T201
         print(exception.out, file=sys.stdout, end="")  # noqa: T201
         print(exception.err, file=sys.stderr, end="")  # noqa: T201
-        raise SystemExit(exception.code)  # noqa: TRY200, B904
+        raise SystemExit(exception.code)  # noqa: B904
 
 
 class LogSession:
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
index befe8f405..388e00153 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/python/activate_this.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """
 Activate virtualenv for current interpreter:
 
-Use exec(open(this_file).read(), {'__file__': this_file}).
+import runpy
+runpy.run_path(this_file)
 
 This can be used when you must use an existing Python interpreter, not the virtualenv bin/python.
 """  # noqa: D415
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 try:
     abs_file = os.path.abspath(__file__)
 except NameError as exc:
-    msg = "You must use exec(open(this_file).read(), {'__file__': this_file})"
+    msg = "You must use import runpy; runpy.run_path(this_file)"
     raise AssertionError(msg) from exc
 
 bin_dir = os.path.dirname(abs_file)
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/create/debug.py b/src/virtualenv/create/debug.py
index 3f54685a3..bc33367c8 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/create/debug.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/create/debug.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def run():  # noqa: PLR0912
         except (ValueError, TypeError) as exception:  # pragma: no cover
             sys.stderr.write(repr(exception))
             sys.stdout.write(repr(result))  # pragma: no cover
-            raise SystemExit(1)  # noqa: TRY200, B904  # pragma: no cover
+            raise SystemExit(1)  # noqa: B904  # pragma: no cover
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/create/describe.py b/src/virtualenv/create/describe.py
index 726305547..1ee250cbc 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/create/describe.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/create/describe.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from virtualenv.info import IS_WIN
 
 
-class Describe(ABC):
+class Describe:
     """Given a host interpreter tell us information about what the created interpreter might look like."""
 
     suffix = ".exe" if IS_WIN else ""