diff --git a/roles/copy-wheels/files/wheel-indexer.py b/roles/copy-wheels/files/wheel-indexer.py
index 75ceeda8bb..c3c27044b3 100644
--- a/roles/copy-wheels/files/wheel-indexer.py
+++ b/roles/copy-wheels/files/wheel-indexer.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def get_sha256(filename):
     with open(filename, "rb") as f:
         for b in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b''):
             sha256.update(b)
-    return(sha256.hexdigest())
+    return sha256.hexdigest()
 
 
 def create_index(path, files):
diff --git a/tools/check_irc_access.py b/tools/check_irc_access.py
index 7d90b89129..1431ae9576 100755
--- a/tools/check_irc_access.py
+++ b/tools/check_irc_access.py
@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ def main():
                      for x in range(16))
     port = int(args.port)
     if port == 6697:
-        factory = irc.connection.Factory(wrapper=ssl.wrap_socket)
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        # Set to false as the irc connection factory doesn't pass the
+        # server hostname into the wrapper which is required for hostname
+        # checking. Since this is just for testing risk is low.
+        context.check_hostname = False
+        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        factory = irc.connection.Factory(wrapper=context.wrap_socket)
         a.connect(args.server, int(args.port), mynick,
                   connect_factory=factory)
     else:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ad6fca00d4..7716c27336 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ deps =
      # pin these two until someone has time to update all our skips to >=6.16
      ansible-lint>=6.0.0,<6.5.0
      ansible-compat<4
-     hacking>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
+     hacking>=7.0.0,<8.0.0
      bashate>=0.2
 commands =
   {toxinidir}/tools/ansible-lint-roles-cache.sh