diff --git a/docs/gen_doc_stubs.py b/docs/gen_doc_stubs.py
index 2e7b244..b1d90a0 100644
--- a/docs/gen_doc_stubs.py
+++ b/docs/gen_doc_stubs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Generate documentation stubs."""
+
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Set
 
diff --git a/psmq/message.py b/psmq/message.py
index 7deb404..b2a755e 100644
--- a/psmq/message.py
+++ b/psmq/message.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Messages for PSMQ."""
+
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Any, Optional
diff --git a/psmq/queue.py b/psmq/queue.py
index 525a3e0..c066ce3 100644
--- a/psmq/queue.py
+++ b/psmq/queue.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def serialize(self, message: Any) -> bytes:
         """
         try:
             return self.serializer(message)
-        except Exception as e:  # NOQA: BLE001
+        except Exception as e:
             # TODO: This might be a place to provide a hook or configuration for error handling
             raise UnserializableMessage(message, self.serializer.__name__) from e
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def deserialize(self, message: bytes) -> Any:
         """
         try:
             return self.deserializer(message)
-        except Exception as e:  # NOQA: BLE001
+        except Exception as e:
             # TODO: This might be a place to provide a hook or configuration for error handling
             raise UndeserializableMessage(message, self.deserializer.__name__) from e
 
diff --git a/psmq/utils.py b/psmq/utils.py
index b469151..acb8c51 100644
--- a/psmq/utils.py
+++ b/psmq/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Utility functions for the psmq package."""
+
 from itertools import islice
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple