diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 261fd0f00a..31ed829fe9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@
 scm_web = "https://github.com/" + REPO + "blob/" + branch
 
 # Store variables in the epilogue so they are globally available.
-rst_epilog = """
-.. |SCM_WEB| replace:: {s}
-.. |SCM_RAW_WEB| replace:: {sr}
-.. |SCM_BRANCH| replace:: {b}
-""".format(s=scm_web, sr=scm_raw_web, b=branch)
+rst_epilog = f"""
+.. |SCM_WEB| replace:: {scm_web}
+.. |SCM_RAW_WEB| replace:: {scm_raw_web}
+.. |SCM_BRANCH| replace:: {branch}
+"""
 
 # used to have links to repo files
 extlinks = {
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
index 200644368d..f1abcfc80a 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def _get_resource_data(
             resource_class(
                 **{
                     "resource": collector_resource,
-                    "scope_{}".format(name): scope_data.values(),
+                    f"scope_{name}": scope_data.values(),
                 }
             )
         )
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
index 89c2608c30..d52f61c8c8 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@
 class InvalidCompressionValueException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, environ_key: str, environ_value: str):
         super().__init__(
-            'Invalid value "{}" for compression envvar {}'.format(
-                environ_value, environ_key
-            )
+            f'Invalid value "{environ_value}" for compression envvar {environ_key}'
         )
 
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index bbcfcddc84..780bcb4843 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def __init__(
         observed_timestamp: Optional[int] = None,
         trace_id: Optional[int] = None,
         span_id: Optional[int] = None,
-        trace_flags: Optional["TraceFlags"] = None,
+        trace_flags: Optional[TraceFlags] = None,
         severity_text: Optional[str] = None,
         severity_number: Optional[SeverityNumber] = None,
         body: AnyValue = None,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def __init__(
         context: Optional[Context] = None,
         trace_id: Optional[int] = None,
         span_id: Optional[int] = None,
-        trace_flags: Optional["TraceFlags"] = None,
+        trace_flags: Optional[TraceFlags] = None,
         severity_text: Optional[str] = None,
         severity_number: Optional[SeverityNumber] = None,
         body: AnyValue = None,
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ def get_logger(
     logger_provider: Optional[LoggerProvider] = None,
     schema_url: Optional[str] = None,
     attributes: Optional[_ExtendedAttributes] = None,
-) -> "Logger":
+) -> Logger:
     """Returns a `Logger` for use within a python process.
 
     This function is a convenience wrapper for
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
index 39772554d5..9287d5b401 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def create_key(keyname: str) -> str:
     return keyname + "-" + str(uuid4())
 
 
-def get_value(key: str, context: typing.Optional[Context] = None) -> "object":
+def get_value(key: str, context: typing.Optional[Context] = None) -> object:
     """To access the local state of a concern, the RuntimeContext API
     provides a function which takes a context and a key as input,
     and returns a value.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def get_value(key: str, context: typing.Optional[Context] = None) -> "object":
 
 
 def set_value(
-    key: str, value: "object", context: typing.Optional[Context] = None
+    key: str, value: object, context: typing.Optional[Context] = None
 ) -> Context:
     """To record the local state of a cross-cutting concern, the
     RuntimeContext API provides a function which takes a context, a
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
index 1ffcd5a14c..6f476282d6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -539,11 +539,11 @@ def _shutdown():
 
             # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
             raise Exception(
-                (
+                
                     "MeterProvider.shutdown failed because the following "
                     "metric readers failed during shutdown:\n"
                     f"{metric_reader_error_string}"
-                )
+                
             )
 
     def get_meter(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
index cdbad3e343..78ad78f942 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def __init__(
         preferred_temporality: dict[type, AggregationTemporality]
         | None = None,
         preferred_aggregation: dict[
-            type, "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation"
+            type, opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation
         ]
         | None = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def __init__(
         preferred_temporality: dict[type, AggregationTemporality]
         | None = None,
         preferred_aggregation: dict[
-            type, "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation"
+            type, opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation
         ]
         | None = None,
     ):
@@ -217,16 +217,16 @@ def __init__(
         preferred_temporality: dict[type, AggregationTemporality]
         | None = None,
         preferred_aggregation: dict[
-            type, "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation"
+            type, opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation
         ]
         | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self._collect: Callable[
             [
-                "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader",
+                opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader,
                 AggregationTemporality,
             ],
-            Iterable["opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.Metric"],
+            Iterable[opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.Metric],
         ] = None
 
         self._instrument_class_temporality = {
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ def _set_collect_callback(
         self,
         func: Callable[
             [
-                "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader",
+                opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader,
                 AggregationTemporality,
             ],
-            Iterable["opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.Metric"],
+            Iterable[opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.Metric],
         ],
     ) -> None:
         """This function is internal to the SDK. It should not be called or overridden by users"""
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ def __init__(
         preferred_temporality: dict[type, AggregationTemporality]
         | None = None,
         preferred_aggregation: dict[
-            type, "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation"
+            type, opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation
         ]
         | None = None,
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/instrument.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/instrument.py
index b01578f47c..77ff4a4ec7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/instrument.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/instrument.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         name: str,
         instrumentation_scope: InstrumentationScope,
-        measurement_consumer: "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer",
+        measurement_consumer: opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer,
         unit: str = "",
         description: str = "",
     ):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         name: str,
         instrumentation_scope: InstrumentationScope,
-        measurement_consumer: "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer",
+        measurement_consumer: opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer,
         callbacks: Iterable[CallbackT] | None = None,
         unit: str = "",
         description: str = "",
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         name: str,
         instrumentation_scope: InstrumentationScope,
-        measurement_consumer: "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer",
+        measurement_consumer: opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeasurementConsumer,
         unit: str = "",
         description: str = "",
         explicit_bucket_boundaries_advisory: Sequence[float] | None = None,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/measurement_consumer.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/measurement_consumer.py
index c651033051..2d946e91e6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/measurement_consumer.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/measurement_consumer.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._sdk_config = sdk_config
         # should never be mutated
         self._reader_storages: Mapping[
-            "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MetricReader", MetricReaderStorage
+            opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MetricReader, MetricReaderStorage
         ] = {
             reader: MetricReaderStorage(
                 sdk_config,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def __init__(
             for reader in sdk_config.metric_readers
         }
         self._async_instruments: List[
-            "opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal.instrument._Asynchronous"
+            opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal.instrument._Asynchronous
         ] = []
 
     def consume_measurement(self, measurement: Measurement) -> None:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/_sampling_experimental/_trace_state.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/_sampling_experimental/_trace_state.py
index b2fe9fd80a..bc06420f2a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/_sampling_experimental/_trace_state.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/_sampling_experimental/_trace_state.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class OtelTraceState:
     rest: Sequence[str]
 
     @staticmethod
-    def invalid() -> "OtelTraceState":
+    def invalid() -> OtelTraceState:
         return OtelTraceState(INVALID_RANDOM_VALUE, INVALID_THRESHOLD, ())
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse(trace_state: TraceState | None) -> "OtelTraceState":
+    def parse(trace_state: TraceState | None) -> OtelTraceState:
         if not trace_state:
             return OtelTraceState.invalid()
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
index a9108b7337..598e91f6b3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class SpanExporter:
 
     def export(
         self, spans: typing.Sequence[ReadableSpan]
-    ) -> "SpanExportResult":  # pyright: ignore[reportReturnType]
+    ) -> SpanExportResult:  # pyright: ignore[reportReturnType]
         """Exports a batch of telemetry data.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/test_configurator.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/test_configurator.py
index 5d971ed1d6..09a270acaf 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/test_configurator.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/test_configurator.py
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ def get_description(self) -> str:
 
     def should_sample(
         self,
-        parent_context: Optional["Context"],
+        parent_context: Optional[Context],
         trace_id: int,
         name: str,
         kind: SpanKind = None,
         attributes: Attributes = None,
         links: Sequence[Link] = None,
         trace_state: TraceState = None,
-    ) -> "SamplingResult":
+    ) -> SamplingResult:
         return SamplingResult(
             Decision.RECORD_AND_SAMPLE,
             None,
@@ -290,14 +290,14 @@ def get_description(self) -> str:
 
     def should_sample(
         self,
-        parent_context: "Context" | None,
+        parent_context: Context | None,
         trace_id: int,
         name: str,
         kind: SpanKind | None = None,
         attributes: Attributes = None,
         links: Sequence[Link] | None = None,
         trace_state: TraceState | None = None,
-    ) -> "SamplingResult":
+    ) -> SamplingResult:
         return SamplingResult(
             Decision.RECORD_AND_SAMPLE,
             None,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b6970c666d..b619ca912c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ select = [
   "PLE", # pylint error
   "Q",   # flake8-quotes
   "G",   # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-logging-format-g
+  "UP011", # lru-cache-without-parameters
+  "UP015", # redundant-open-modes
+  "UP032", # f-string
+  "UP034", # extraneous-parentheses
+  "UP037", # quoted-annotation
 ]
 
 ignore = [
diff --git a/scripts/update_sha.py b/scripts/update_sha.py
index a0bf76f8b7..9bcde6fedc 100644
--- a/scripts/update_sha.py
+++ b/scripts/update_sha.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def update_sha(sha):
     yaml = YAML()
     yaml.preserve_quotes = True
     for workflow_file in workflow_files:
-        with open(workflow_file, "r") as file:
+        with open(workflow_file) as file:
             workflow = yaml.load(file)
         workflow["env"]["CONTRIB_REPO_SHA"] = sha
         with open(workflow_file, "w") as file:
diff --git a/shim/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opencensus/_patch.py b/shim/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opencensus/_patch.py
index c3c6e81037..71d0948661 100644
--- a/shim/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opencensus/_patch.py
+++ b/shim/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opencensus/_patch.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def install_shim(
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
     )
 
-    @lru_cache()
+    @lru_cache
     def cached_shim_tracer(span_context: SpanContext) -> ShimTracer:
         return ShimTracer(
             NoopTracer(),
diff --git a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
index e7261a0d92..7a3804acc8 100644
--- a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
+++ b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/src/opentelemetry/shim/opentracing_shim/__init__.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 _SHIM_KEY = create_key("scope_shim")
 
 
-def create_tracer(otel_tracer_provider: TracerProvider) -> "TracerShim":
+def create_tracer(otel_tracer_provider: TracerProvider) -> TracerShim:
     """Creates a :class:`TracerShim` object from the provided OpenTelemetry
     :class:`opentelemetry.trace.TracerProvider`.
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def unwrap(self):
 
         return self._otel_span
 
-    def set_operation_name(self, operation_name: str) -> "SpanShim":
+    def set_operation_name(self, operation_name: str) -> SpanShim:
         """Updates the name of the wrapped OpenTelemetry span.
 
         Args:
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def finish(self, finish_time: float | None = None):
             end_time = util.time_seconds_to_ns(finish_time)
         self._otel_span.end(end_time=end_time)
 
-    def set_tag(self, key: str, value: ValueT) -> "SpanShim":
+    def set_tag(self, key: str, value: ValueT) -> SpanShim:
         """Sets an OpenTelemetry attribute on the wrapped OpenTelemetry span.
 
         Args:
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def set_tag(self, key: str, value: ValueT) -> "SpanShim":
 
     def log_kv(
         self, key_values: Attributes, timestamp: float | None = None
-    ) -> "SpanShim":
+    ) -> SpanShim:
         """Logs an event for the wrapped OpenTelemetry span.
 
         Note:
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class ScopeShim(Scope):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, manager: "ScopeManagerShim", span: SpanShim, span_cm=None
+        self, manager: ScopeManagerShim, span: SpanShim, span_cm=None
     ):
         super().__init__(manager, span)
         self._span_cm = span_cm
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def __init__(
     # TODO: Change type of `manager` argument to `opentracing.ScopeManager`? We
     # need to get rid of `manager.tracer` for this.
     @classmethod
-    def from_context_manager(cls, manager: "ScopeManagerShim", span_cm):
+    def from_context_manager(cls, manager: ScopeManagerShim, span_cm):
         """Constructs a :class:`ScopeShim` from an OpenTelemetry
         `opentelemetry.trace.Span` context
         manager.
@@ -452,14 +452,14 @@ class ScopeManagerShim(ScopeManager):
             span state.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, tracer: "TracerShim"):
+    def __init__(self, tracer: TracerShim):
         # The only thing the ``__init__()``` method on the base class does is
         # initialize `self._noop_span` and `self._noop_scope` with no-op
         # objects. Therefore, it doesn't seem useful to call it.
         # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
         self._tracer = tracer
 
-    def activate(self, span: SpanShim, finish_on_close: bool) -> "ScopeShim":
+    def activate(self, span: SpanShim, finish_on_close: bool) -> ScopeShim:
         """Activates a :class:`SpanShim` and returns a :class:`ScopeShim` which
         represents the active span.
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def activate(self, span: SpanShim, finish_on_close: bool) -> "ScopeShim":
         return ScopeShim.from_context_manager(self, span_cm=span_cm)
 
     @property
-    def active(self) -> "ScopeShim":
+    def active(self) -> ScopeShim:
         """Returns a :class:`ScopeShim` object representing the
         currently-active span in the OpenTelemetry tracer.
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def active(self) -> "ScopeShim":
             return ScopeShim(self, span=wrapped_span)
 
     @property
-    def tracer(self) -> "TracerShim":
+    def tracer(self) -> TracerShim:
         """Returns the :class:`TracerShim` reference used by this
         :class:`ScopeManagerShim` for setting and getting the active span from
         the OpenTelemetry tracer.
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def start_active_span(
         start_time: float | None = None,
         ignore_active_span: bool = False,
         finish_on_close: bool = True,
-    ) -> "ScopeShim":
+    ) -> ScopeShim:
         """Starts and activates a span. In terms of functionality, this method
         behaves exactly like the same method on a "regular" OpenTracing tracer.
         See :meth:`opentracing.Tracer.start_active_span` for more details.