diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index eb538d8..90b2521 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ repos:
     rev: v2.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: autoflake
+  - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/auto-walrus
+    rev: 0.3.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: auto-walrus
   - repo: https://github.com/jumanjihouse/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: 3.0.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/dev_tools/check_jira_reference_in_todo.py b/dev_tools/check_jira_reference_in_todo.py
index a82da69..10c9482 100644
--- a/dev_tools/check_jira_reference_in_todo.py
+++ b/dev_tools/check_jira_reference_in_todo.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ def find_files_with_incorrect_jira_reference_in_todo(files: List[Path]) -> List[
 
 
 def has_any_file_incorrect_jira_reference_in_todo(files: List[Path]) -> bool:
-    incorrect_files = find_files_with_incorrect_jira_reference_in_todo(files)
-
-    if incorrect_files:
+    if incorrect_files := find_files_with_incorrect_jira_reference_in_todo(files):
         print("\nThe following TODOs do not correspond to the JIRA-Ticket TODO format 'TODO(ABC-1234):':")
         for file in incorrect_files:
             print(f"{file['file_path']}:{file['line_number']}: error: '{file['line_content']}'")