diff --git a/rally/common/utils.py b/rally/common/utils.py
index 0bde1dc278..da49ac7bef 100644
--- a/rally/common/utils.py
+++ b/rally/common/utils.py
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ class LockedDict(dict):
                 obj = dict(obj)
                 for k, v in obj.items():
                     obj[k] = unlock(v)
-            elif type(obj) == tuple:
+            elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
                 obj = tuple([unlock(v) for v in obj])
             return obj
         return copy.deepcopy(unlock(self), memo=memo)
diff --git a/rally/plugins/common/validators.py b/rally/plugins/common/validators.py
index cf65b40c43..f8baea3734 100644
--- a/rally/plugins/common/validators.py
+++ b/rally/plugins/common/validators.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class NumberValidator(validation.Validator):
         if self.integer_only:
             # NOTE(boris-42): Force check that passed value is not float, this
             #   is important cause int(float_numb) won't raise exception
-            if type(value) == float:
+            if isinstance(value, float):
                 return self.fail("%(name)s is %(val)s which hasn't int type"
                                  % {"name": self.param_name, "val": value})
             num_func = int
diff --git a/rally/task/processing/charts.py b/rally/task/processing/charts.py
index b5b05c0f05..a717ca9bb1 100644
--- a/rally/task/processing/charts.py
+++ b/rally/task/processing/charts.py
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ def validate_output(output_type, output):
 
         proper_type = _OUTPUT_SCHEMA["key_types"][key]
         if not isinstance(output[key], proper_type):
-            if type(proper_type) == tuple:
+            if isinstance(proper_type, tuple):
                 return ("Value of %(name)s output %(key)s has wrong type "
                         "'%(actual_type)s', should be in %(types)r"
                         % {"name": output_type,
diff --git a/rally/task/service.py b/rally/task/service.py
index b0637e1080..6970dddab8 100644
--- a/rally/task/service.py
+++ b/rally/task/service.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ServiceMeta(type):
 
     def __init__(cls, name, bases, namespaces):
         super(ServiceMeta, cls).__init__(name, bases, namespaces)
-        bases = [c for c in cls.__bases__ if type(c) == ServiceMeta]
+        bases = [c for c in cls.__bases__ if isinstance(c, ServiceMeta)]
         if not bases:
             # nothing to check
             return
diff --git a/rally/task/sla.py b/rally/task/sla.py
index 473b374ad3..c085409845 100644
--- a/rally/task/sla.py
+++ b/rally/task/sla.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class SLA(plugin.Plugin, validation.ValidatablePluginMixin,
         """
 
     def validate_type(self, other):
-        if type(self) != type(other):
+        if type(self) is not type(other):
             raise TypeError(
                 "Error merging SLAs of types %s, %s. Only SLAs of the same "
                 "type could be merged." % (type(self), type(other)))
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
index 80dc12000b..5c675e7212 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class CliUtilsTestCase(test.TestCase):
     @ddt.unpack
     def test_pretty_float_formatter(self, obj, args, expected=None):
         formatter = cliutils.pretty_float_formatter(*args)
-        if type(expected) == type and issubclass(expected, Exception):
+        if type(expected) is type and issubclass(expected, Exception):
             self.assertRaises(expected, formatter, obj)
         else:
             self.assertEqual(expected, formatter(obj))
diff --git a/tests/unit/task/test_hook.py b/tests/unit/task/test_hook.py
index 95330fef63..bad9afe668 100644
--- a/tests/unit/task/test_hook.py
+++ b/tests/unit/task/test_hook.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class HookExecutorTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             [{
                 "config": self.conf["hooks"][0],
-                "results":[
+                "results": [
                     {
                         "triggered_by": {"event_type": "time", "value": 2},
                         "started_at": fakes.FakeTimer().timestamp(),