diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8b3406a2..b0fa2abb 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,20 +7,24 @@ default_stages:
 minimum_pre_commit_version: 2.16.0
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.5.3
+    rev: v3.6.2
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.11.7
+    rev: v0.14.1
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
         args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
       - id: ruff-format
         types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
+    rev: 1.19.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: blacken-docs
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.15.0
+    rev: v1.18.2
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        additional_dependencies: [numpy, types-requests]
-        exclude: tests/|docs/
+        additional_dependencies: [numpy, pandas, types-requests]
+        exclude: tests/|docs/|.scripts/ci/download_data.py|squidpy/datasets/_(dataset|image).py
diff --git a/src/squidpy/pl/_interactive/_model.py b/src/squidpy/pl/_interactive/_model.py
index 4856dc09..a05b2bd0 100644
--- a/src/squidpy/pl/_interactive/_model.py
+++ b/src/squidpy/pl/_interactive/_model.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _set_library(self) -> None:
             self.library_id = [self.library_id]
         self.library_id, _ = _unique_order_preserving(self.library_id)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
-        if not len(self.library_id):
+        if self.library_id is None or not len(self.library_id):
             raise ValueError("No library ids have been selected.")
         # invalid library ids from adata are filtered below
         # invalid library ids from container raise KeyError in `__post_init__` after this call
diff --git a/src/squidpy/pl/_spatial_utils.py b/src/squidpy/pl/_spatial_utils.py
index 89859ff9..9da0e1ad 100644
--- a/src/squidpy/pl/_spatial_utils.py
+++ b/src/squidpy/pl/_spatial_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from numbers import Number
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NamedTuple, Optional, TypeAlias, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NamedTuple, TypeAlias, cast
 
 import dask.array as da
 import numpy as np
@@ -842,12 +842,18 @@ def _prepare_params_plot(
             fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi, constrained_layout=True)
 
     # set cmap and norm
+
     if cmap is None:
-        cmap = plt.rcParams["image.cmap"]
-    if isinstance(cmap, str):
-        cmap = plt.colormaps[cmap]
-    cmap.set_bad("lightgray" if na_color is None else na_color)
+        cmap_name: str = str(plt.rcParams["image.cmap"])
+        cmap_obj = plt.get_cmap(cmap_name)
+    elif isinstance(cmap, str):
+        cmap_obj = plt.get_cmap(cmap)
+    else:
+        cmap_obj = cmap  # already a Colormap
+
+    cmap_obj.set_bad("lightgray" if na_color is None else na_color)
 
+    # build norm as before...
     if isinstance(norm, Normalize):
         pass
     elif vcenter is None:
@@ -863,7 +869,7 @@ def _prepare_params_plot(
         scalebar_dx, scalebar_units = _get_scalebar(scalebar_dx, scalebar_units, len(spatial_params.library_id))
 
     fig_params = FigParams(fig, ax, axs, iter_panels, title, ax_labels, frameon)
-    cmap_params = CmapParams(cmap, img_cmap, norm)
+    cmap_params = CmapParams(cmap_obj, img_cmap, norm)
     scalebar_params = ScalebarParams(scalebar_dx, scalebar_units)
 
     return fig_params, cmap_params, scalebar_params, kwargs