diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c59bad8d..f063e965 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ env.dists-artifact-name }}
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.3
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.4
         with:
           attestations: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index acc1c5e8..1e776892 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.31.0
+    rev: 0.31.3
     hooks:
       - id: check-github-workflows
         args: ["--verbose"]
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.3.0
+    rev: v2.4.1
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         additional_dependencies: ["tomli>=2.2.1"]
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ repos:
       - id: tox-ini-fmt
         args: ["-p", "fix"]
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: "v2.5.0"
+    rev: "v2.5.1"
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.9.2"
+    rev: "v0.9.10"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-format
       - id: ruff
         args: ["--fix", "--unsafe-fixes", "--exit-non-zero-on-fix"]
   - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: "v3.4.2" # Use the sha / tag you want to point at
+    rev: "v3.5.3" # Use the sha / tag you want to point at
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         additional_dependencies:
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 7995f760..57c6bd89 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ working directory is currently used. To do so, create a :class:`FileLock <filelo
 
     lock = FileLock(lock_path, timeout=1)
 
-The lock object supports multiple ways for acquiring the lock, including the ones used to acquire standard Python thread
+The lock object represents an exclusive/write lock and can be acquired in multiple ways, including the ones used to acquire standard Python thread
 locks:
 
 .. code-block:: python
diff --git a/src/filelock/_unix.py b/src/filelock/_unix.py
index 04f590da..b2fd0f33 100644
--- a/src/filelock/_unix.py
+++ b/src/filelock/_unix.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ def _release(self) -> None:
 else:  # pragma: win32 no cover
     try:
         import fcntl
-    except ImportError:
+
+        _ = (fcntl.flock, fcntl.LOCK_EX, fcntl.LOCK_NB, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
         pass
     else:
         has_fcntl = True
diff --git a/src/filelock/asyncio.py b/src/filelock/asyncio.py
index 252de203..1c9c9f05 100644
--- a/src/filelock/asyncio.py
+++ b/src/filelock/asyncio.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""An asyncio-based implementation of the file lock."""  # noqa: A005
+"""An asyncio-based implementation of the file lock."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations