diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14be9d2741..39890f0cd9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ select = [
     "F", # flakes
     "I", # import sorting
     "N", # naming
+    "PGH", # pygrep-hooks
+    "PLC", # pylint convention
+    "PLE", # pylint error
+    "PLR", # pylint refactor
     "RUF", # Ruff
+    "T10", # debugger
     "UP", # upgrade
     "W", # style warnings
     "YTT", # sys.version
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ ignore = [
     "ANN102", # Missing type annotation for `cls` in classmethod
     "ANN401", # Dynamically typed expressions (typing.Any) are disallowed
     "B007", # Loop control variable not used within the loop body
-    "B008", # Do not perform function calls in argument defaults.
+    "B008", # Do not perform function calls in argument defaults
     "B023", # Function definition does not bind loop variable
     "B904", # Within an except clause, raise exceptions with raise ... from err or raise ... from None to distinguish them from errors in exception handling
     "C408", # Unnecessary `dict` call (rewrite as a literal)
diff --git a/tools/semgrep.yml b/tools/semgrep.yml
index 685d121a8e..1b54f7131e 100644
--- a/tools/semgrep.yml
+++ b/tools/semgrep.yml
@@ -101,36 +101,18 @@ rules:
   - id: mutable-default-type
     languages: [python]
     pattern-either:
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.List[...] = [...], ...) -> ...:
-              ...
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.Optional[typing.List[...]] = [...], ...) -> ...:
-              ...
       - pattern: |
           def $F(..., $A: typing.List[...] = zerver.lib.request.REQ(..., default=[...], ...), ...) -> ...:
               ...
       - pattern: |
           def $F(..., $A: typing.Optional[typing.List[...]] = zerver.lib.request.REQ(..., default=[...], ...), ...) -> ...:
               ...
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.Dict[...] = {}, ...) -> ...:
-              ...
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[...]] = {}, ...) -> ...:
-              ...
       - pattern: |
           def $F(..., $A: typing.Dict[...] = zerver.lib.request.REQ(..., default={}, ...), ...) -> ...:
               ...
       - pattern: |
           def $F(..., $A: typing.Optional[typing.Dict[...]] = zerver.lib.request.REQ(..., default={}, ...), ...) -> ...:
               ...
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.Set[...] = set(), ...) -> ...:
-              ...
-      - pattern: |
-          def $F(..., $A: typing.Optional[typing.Set[...]] = set(), ...) -> ...:
-              ...
     severity: ERROR
     message: "Guard mutable default with read-only type (Sequence, Mapping, AbstractSet)"
 
@@ -143,12 +125,6 @@ rules:
     severity: ERROR
     message: "Prefer f-strings or .format for string formatting"
 
-  - id: eval
-    languages: [python]
-    pattern: eval
-    severity: ERROR
-    message: "Do not use eval under any circumstances; consider json.loads instead"
-
   - id: typing-text
     languages: [python]
     pattern: typing.Text