diff --git a/authentik/blueprints/v1/importer.py b/authentik/blueprints/v1/importer.py
index 1ee14287a2..1983d87c1c 100644
--- a/authentik/blueprints/v1/importer.py
+++ b/authentik/blueprints/v1/importer.py
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ class Importer:
                     raise IntegrityError
         except IntegrityError:
             return False
-        else:
-            self.logger.debug("Committing changes")
+        self.logger.debug("Committing changes")
         return True
 
     def _apply_models(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/authentik/lib/utils/urls.py b/authentik/lib/utils/urls.py
index b1f723f682..da724817f3 100644
--- a/authentik/lib/utils/urls.py
+++ b/authentik/lib/utils/urls.py
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ def redirect_with_qs(
             return redirect(view)
         LOGGER.warning("redirect target is not a valid view", view=view)
         raise
-    else:
-        if get_query_set:
-            target += "?" + urlencode(get_query_set.items())
-        return redirect(target)
+    if get_query_set:
+        target += "?" + urlencode(get_query_set.items())
+    return redirect(target)
 
 
 def reverse_with_qs(view: str, query: Optional[QueryDict] = None, **kwargs) -> str:
diff --git a/authentik/outposts/controllers/k8s/base.py b/authentik/outposts/controllers/k8s/base.py
index a1dd6a1c2b..607f0821b8 100644
--- a/authentik/outposts/controllers/k8s/base.py
+++ b/authentik/outposts/controllers/k8s/base.py
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ class KubernetesObjectReconciler(Generic[T]):
                     raise NeedsRecreate from exc
                 self.logger.debug("Other unhandled error", exc=exc)
                 raise exc
-            else:
-                self.reconcile(current, reference)
+            self.reconcile(current, reference)
         except NeedsUpdate:
             try:
                 self.update(current, reference)
diff --git a/authentik/providers/oauth2/models.py b/authentik/providers/oauth2/models.py
index a14e2140f5..fac748f7c6 100644
--- a/authentik/providers/oauth2/models.py
+++ b/authentik/providers/oauth2/models.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class OAuth2Provider(Provider):
             return private_key, JWTAlgorithms.RS256
         if isinstance(private_key, EllipticCurvePrivateKey):
             return private_key, JWTAlgorithms.ES256
-        raise Exception(f"Invalid private key type: {type(private_key)}")
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid private key type: {type(private_key)}")
 
     def get_issuer(self, request: HttpRequest) -> Optional[str]:
         """Get issuer, based on request"""
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/base.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/base.py
index 6c991e8978..af2269fd47 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/base.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/base.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class BaseOAuthClient:
         except RequestException as exc:
             self.logger.warning("Unable to fetch user profile", exc=exc, body=response.text)
             return None
-        else:
-            return response.json()
+        return response.json()
 
     def get_redirect_args(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         """Get request parameters for redirect url."""
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth1.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth1.py
index ee205f8e7d..07d3da1fb7 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth1.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth1.py
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class OAuthClient(BaseOAuthClient):
             except RequestException as exc:
                 LOGGER.warning("Unable to fetch access token", exc=exc)
                 return None
-            else:
-                return self.parse_raw_token(response.text)
+            return self.parse_raw_token(response.text)
         return None
 
     def get_request_token(self) -> str:
@@ -63,8 +62,7 @@ class OAuthClient(BaseOAuthClient):
             response.raise_for_status()
         except RequestException as exc:
             raise OAuthSourceException from exc
-        else:
-            return response.text
+        return response.text
 
     def get_redirect_args(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Get request parameters for redirect url."""
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth2.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth2.py
index 25ce14a1d1..30293da546 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth2.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/clients/oauth2.py
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ class OAuth2Client(BaseOAuthClient):
         except RequestException as exc:
             LOGGER.warning("Unable to fetch access token", exc=exc)
             return None
-        else:
-            return response.json()
+        return response.json()
 
     def get_redirect_args(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         """Get request parameters for redirect url."""
@@ -111,8 +110,7 @@ class OAuth2Client(BaseOAuthClient):
             token_data = loads(raw_token)
         except ValueError:
             return dict(parse_qsl(raw_token))
-        else:
-            return token_data
+        return token_data
 
     def do_request(self, method: str, url: str, **kwargs) -> Response:
         """Build remote url request. Constructs necessary auth."""
@@ -151,5 +149,4 @@ class UserprofileHeaderAuthClient(OAuth2Client):
         except RequestException as exc:
             LOGGER.warning("Unable to fetch user profile", exc=exc, body=response.text)
             return None
-        else:
-            return response.json()
+        return response.json()
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/types/github.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/types/github.py
index 109bbc49df..262414180a 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/types/github.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/types/github.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ class GitHubOAuth2Client(OAuth2Client):
         except RequestException as exc:
             self.logger.warning("Unable to fetch github emails", exc=exc)
             return []
-        else:
-            return response.json()
+        return response.json()
 
 
 class GitHubOAuth2Callback(OAuthCallback):
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/types/mailcow.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/types/mailcow.py
index 38d24a7159..18df02f06b 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/types/mailcow.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/types/mailcow.py
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ class MailcowOAuth2Client(OAuth2Client):
         except RequestException as exc:
             LOGGER.warning("Unable to fetch user profile", exc=exc, body=response.text)
             return None
-        else:
-            return response.json()
+        return response.json()
 
 
 class MailcowOAuth2Callback(OAuthCallback):
diff --git a/authentik/sources/oauth/views/redirect.py b/authentik/sources/oauth/views/redirect.py
index 224b10a8be..d5d38050d3 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/oauth/views/redirect.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/oauth/views/redirect.py
@@ -36,15 +36,14 @@ class OAuthRedirect(OAuthClientMixin, RedirectView):
             source: OAuthSource = OAuthSource.objects.get(slug=slug)
         except OAuthSource.DoesNotExist:
             raise Http404(f"Unknown OAuth source '{slug}'.")
-        else:
-            if not source.enabled:
-                raise Http404(f"source {slug} is not enabled.")
-            client = self.get_client(source, callback=self.get_callback_url(source))
-            params = self.get_additional_parameters(source)
-            params.setdefault("scope", [])
-            if source.additional_scopes != "":
-                if source.additional_scopes.startswith("*"):
-                    params["scope"] = source.additional_scopes[1:].split(" ")
-                else:
-                    params["scope"] += source.additional_scopes.split(" ")
-            return client.get_redirect_url(params)
+        if not source.enabled:
+            raise Http404(f"source {slug} is not enabled.")
+        client = self.get_client(source, callback=self.get_callback_url(source))
+        params = self.get_additional_parameters(source)
+        params.setdefault("scope", [])
+        if source.additional_scopes != "":
+            if source.additional_scopes.startswith("*"):
+                params["scope"] = source.additional_scopes[1:].split(" ")
+            else:
+                params["scope"] += source.additional_scopes.split(" ")
+        return client.get_redirect_url(params)
diff --git a/authentik/sources/plex/plex.py b/authentik/sources/plex/plex.py
index 69f50aaf4b..1c30db551d 100644
--- a/authentik/sources/plex/plex.py
+++ b/authentik/sources/plex/plex.py
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ class PlexAuth:
         except RequestException as exc:
             LOGGER.warning("Unable to fetch user resources", exc=exc)
             raise Http404
-        else:
-            for resource in resources:
-                if resource["provides"] != "server":
-                    continue
-                if resource["clientIdentifier"] in self._source.allowed_servers:
-                    LOGGER.info("Plex allowed access from server", name=resource["name"])
-                    return True
+        for resource in resources:
+            if resource["provides"] != "server":
+                continue
+            if resource["clientIdentifier"] in self._source.allowed_servers:
+                LOGGER.info("Plex allowed access from server", name=resource["name"])
+                return True
         return False
 
     def check_friends_overlap(self, user_ident: int) -> bool:
diff --git a/authentik/stages/password/stage.py b/authentik/stages/password/stage.py
index 266c0fde84..9b87a6691c 100644
--- a/authentik/stages/password/stage.py
+++ b/authentik/stages/password/stage.py
@@ -151,15 +151,14 @@ class PasswordStageView(ChallengeStageView):
             # (most likely LDAP)
             self.logger.debug("Validation error from signal", exc=exc, **auth_kwargs)
             return self.executor.stage_invalid()
-        else:
-            if not user:
-                # No user was found -> invalid credentials
-                self.logger.info("Invalid credentials")
-                # Manually inject error into form
-                response._errors.setdefault("password", [])
-                response._errors["password"].append(ErrorDetail(_("Invalid password"), "invalid"))
-                return self.challenge_invalid(response)
-            # User instance returned from authenticate() has .backend property set
-            self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER] = user
-            self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND] = user.backend
-            return self.executor.stage_ok()
+        if not user:
+            # No user was found -> invalid credentials
+            self.logger.info("Invalid credentials")
+            # Manually inject error into form
+            response._errors.setdefault("password", [])
+            response._errors["password"].append(ErrorDetail(_("Invalid password"), "invalid"))
+            return self.challenge_invalid(response)
+        # User instance returned from authenticate() has .backend property set
+        self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER] = user
+        self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND] = user.backend
+        return self.executor.stage_ok()
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d925ffa0b1..962c4c83db 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "astroid"
-version = "2.12.13"
+version = "2.14.1"
 description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.2"
 files = [
-    {file = "astroid-2.12.13-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:10e0ad5f7b79c435179d0d0f0df69998c4eef4597534aae44910db060baeb907"},
-    {file = "astroid-2.12.13.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1493fe8bd3dfd73dc35bd53c9d5b6e49ead98497c47b2307662556a5692d29d7"},
+    {file = "astroid-2.14.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:23c718921acab5f08cbbbe9293967f1f8fec40c336d19cd75dc12a9ea31d2eb2"},
+    {file = "astroid-2.14.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bd1aa4f9915c98e8aaebcd4e71930154d4e8c9aaf05d35ac0a63d1956091ae3f"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2452,18 +2452,18 @@ tests = ["coverage[toml] (==5.0.4)", "pytest (>=6.0.0,<7.0.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pylint"
-version = "2.15.10"
+version = "2.16.0"
 description = "python code static checker"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.2"
 files = [
-    {file = "pylint-2.15.10-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9df0d07e8948a1c3ffa3b6e2d7e6e63d9fb457c5da5b961ed63106594780cc7e"},
-    {file = "pylint-2.15.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3dc5ef7d33858f297ac0d06cc73862f01e4f2e74025ec3eff347ce0bc60baf5"},
+    {file = "pylint-2.16.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:55e5cf00601c4cfe2e9404355c743a14e63be85df7409da7e482ebde5f9f14a1"},
+    {file = "pylint-2.16.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:43ee36c9b690507ef9429ce1802bdc4dcde49454c3d665e39c23791567019c0a"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-astroid = ">=2.12.13,<=2.14.0-dev0"
+astroid = ">=2.14.1,<=2.16.0-dev0"
 colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 dill = {version = ">=0.3.6", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""}
 isort = ">=4.2.5,<6"