diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5b75900..b03fff7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         args: ['-x', 'tests']
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v3.18.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py3-only]
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index e06ebfa..d3890f2 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/_factory.py b/oslo_i18n/_factory.py
index f9ec1e5..89f341c 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/_factory.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/_factory.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ __all__ = [
 CONTEXT_SEPARATOR = _message.CONTEXT_SEPARATOR
 
 
-class TranslatorFactory(object):
+class TranslatorFactory:
     "Create translator functions"
 
     def __init__(self, domain, localedir=None):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TranslatorFactory(object):
                 return _message.Message(msgid, domain=domain,
                                         has_contextual_form=True)
 
-            msgctx = "%s%s%s" % (ctx, CONTEXT_SEPARATOR, msg)
+            msgctx = "{}{}{}".format(ctx, CONTEXT_SEPARATOR, msg)
             s = m(msgctx)
             if CONTEXT_SEPARATOR in s:
                 # Translation not found
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/_message.py b/oslo_i18n/_message.py
index ed8dd61..b06243f 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/_message.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/_message.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Message(str):
             msgtext = Message._translate_msgid(msgid, domain)
         # We want to initialize the parent unicode with the actual object that
         # would have been plain unicode if 'Message' was not enabled.
-        msg = super(Message, cls).__new__(cls, msgtext)
+        msg = super().__new__(cls, msgtext)
         msg.msgid = msgid
         msg.domain = domain
         msg.params = params
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Message(str):
             (msgctx, msgtxt) = msgid
             translator = lang.gettext
 
-            msg_with_ctx = "%s%s%s" % (msgctx, CONTEXT_SEPARATOR, msgtxt)
+            msg_with_ctx = "{}{}{}".format(msgctx, CONTEXT_SEPARATOR, msgtxt)
             translated_message = translator(msg_with_ctx)
 
             if CONTEXT_SEPARATOR in translated_message:
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/_translate.py b/oslo_i18n/_translate.py
index 2a35741..f1fcaf6 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/_translate.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/_translate.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def translate_args(args, desired_locale=None):
     if isinstance(args, tuple):
         return tuple(translate(v, desired_locale) for v in args)
     if isinstance(args, dict):
-        translated_dict = dict((key, translate(value, desired_locale))
-                               for key, value in args.items())
+        translated_dict = {key: translate(value, desired_locale)
+                           for key, value in args.items()}
         return translated_dict
     return translate(args, desired_locale)
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/fixture.py b/oslo_i18n/fixture.py
index 7a69aff..296ef8a 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/fixture.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/fixture.py
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ class ToggleLazy(fixtures.Fixture):
             lazy translation, passed to :func:`~oslo_i18n.enable_lazy`.
         :type enabled: bool
         """
-        super(ToggleLazy, self).__init__()
+        super().__init__()
         self._enabled = enabled
         self._original_value = _lazy.USE_LAZY
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(ToggleLazy, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         self.addCleanup(self._restore_original)
         _lazy.enable_lazy(self._enabled)
 
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ class PrefixLazyTranslation(fixtures.Fixture):
     _DEFAULT_LANG = 'en_US'
 
     def __init__(self, languages=None, locale=None):
-        super(PrefixLazyTranslation, self).__init__()
+        super().__init__()
         self.languages = languages or [PrefixLazyTranslation._DEFAULT_LANG]
         self.locale = locale
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(PrefixLazyTranslation, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         self.useFixture(ToggleLazy(True))
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch(
             'oslo_i18n._gettextutils.get_available_languages',
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_factory.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_factory.py
index fbc585b..ceff833 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_factory.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_factory.py
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ CONTEXT_SEPARATOR = _message.CONTEXT_SEPARATOR
 class TranslatorFactoryTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(TranslatorFactoryTest, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         # remember so we can reset to it later in case it changes
         self._USE_LAZY = _lazy.USE_LAZY
 
     def tearDown(self):
         # reset to value before test
         _lazy.USE_LAZY = self._USE_LAZY
-        super(TranslatorFactoryTest, self).tearDown()
+        super().tearDown()
 
     def test_lazy(self):
         _lazy.enable_lazy(True)
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_fixture.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_fixture.py
index a1dc3b8..f9763eb 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_fixture.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_fixture.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from oslo_i18n import fixture
 class TranslationFixtureTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(TranslationFixtureTest, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         self.trans_fixture = self.useFixture(fixture.Translation())
 
     def test_lazy(self):
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_gettextutils.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_gettextutils.py
index 580aba9..83ee9e2 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_gettextutils.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_gettextutils.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class GettextTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(GettextTest, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         # remember so we can reset to it later in case it changes
         self._USE_LAZY = _lazy.USE_LAZY
         self.t = _factory.TranslatorFactory('oslo_i18n.test')
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class GettextTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         # reset to value before test
         _lazy.USE_LAZY = self._USE_LAZY
-        super(GettextTest, self).tearDown()
+        super().tearDown()
 
     def test_gettext_does_not_blow_up(self):
         LOG.info(self.t.primary('test'))
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_handler.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_handler.py
index 86dbe8d..fab8577 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_handler.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_handler.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class TranslationHandlerTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(TranslationHandlerTestCase, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
 
         self.stream = io.StringIO()
         self.destination_handler = logging.StreamHandler(self.stream)
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_lazy.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_lazy.py
index 049d51a..c432f4f 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/test_lazy.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/test_lazy.py
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ from oslo_i18n import _lazy
 class LazyTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(LazyTest, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         self._USE_LAZY = _lazy.USE_LAZY
 
     def tearDown(self):
         _lazy.USE_LAZY = self._USE_LAZY
-        super(LazyTest, self).tearDown()
+        super().tearDown()
 
     def test_enable_lazy(self):
         _lazy.USE_LAZY = False
diff --git a/oslo_i18n/tests/utils.py b/oslo_i18n/tests/utils.py
index 49dc92e..058e562 100644
--- a/oslo_i18n/tests/utils.py
+++ b/oslo_i18n/tests/utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 
-class SomeObject(object):
+class SomeObject:
 
     def __init__(self, message):
         self.message = message
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class SomeObject(object):
         return self.message
 
 
-class NoDeepCopyObject(object):
+class NoDeepCopyObject:
 
     def __init__(self, value):
         self.value = value
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 9b6d083..aacea64 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at