diff --git a/pypdf/annotations/_non_markup_annotations.py b/pypdf/annotations/_non_markup_annotations.py
index 6272cceee..af02223e7 100644
--- a/pypdf/annotations/_non_markup_annotations.py
+++ b/pypdf/annotations/_non_markup_annotations.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
         if is_external and is_internal:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Either 'url' or 'target_page_index' have to be provided. "
-                f"url={url}, target_page_index={target_page_index}"
+                f"{url=}, {target_page_index=}"
             )
 
         border_arr: BorderArrayType
diff --git a/pypdf/generic/_rectangle.py b/pypdf/generic/_rectangle.py
index 690b52172..c1f22cebc 100644
--- a/pypdf/generic/_rectangle.py
+++ b/pypdf/generic/_rectangle.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def __init__(
         ArrayObject.__init__(self, [self._ensure_is_number(x) for x in arr])  # type: ignore
 
     def _ensure_is_number(self, value: Any) -> Union[FloatObject, NumberObject]:
-        if not isinstance(value, (NumberObject, FloatObject)):
+        if not isinstance(value, (FloatObject, NumberObject)):
             value = FloatObject(value)
         return value
 
diff --git a/tests/test_generic.py b/tests/test_generic.py
index 2616ec6af..190bb25e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ def test_annotation_builder_link(pdf_file_path):
         )
     assert exc.value.args[0] == (
         "Either 'url' or 'target_page_index' have to be provided. "
-        "url=https://martin-thoma.com/, target_page_index=3"
+        "url='https://martin-thoma.com/', target_page_index=3"
     )
 
     # Part 2: Too few args