diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 789a05a9b8..0f503f09a7 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Automatically request reviews from maintainers
 
 # Package
-/pybamm/discretisations/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
-/pybamm/experiment/ @brosaplanella @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter
-/pybamm/expression_tree/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
-/pybamm/geometry/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
-/pybamm/input/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @kratman
-/pybamm/meshes/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @rtimms
-/pybamm/models/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms
-/pybamm/parameters/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms  @kratman
-/pybamm/plotting/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @Saransh-cpp @valentinsulzer @rtimms  @kratman @agriyakhetarpal
-/pybamm/solvers/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms
-/pybamm/spatial_methods/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @rtimms
-/pybamm/* @pybamm-team/maintainers # the files directly under /pybamm/, will not recurse
+src/pybamm/discretisations/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
+src/pybamm/experiment/ @brosaplanella @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter
+src/pybamm/expression_tree/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
+src/pybamm/geometry/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer
+src/pybamm/input/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @kratman
+src/pybamm/meshes/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @rtimms
+src/pybamm/models/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms
+src/pybamm/parameters/ @brosaplanella @DrSOKane @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms  @kratman
+src/pybamm/plotting/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @Saransh-cpp @valentinsulzer @rtimms  @kratman @agriyakhetarpal
+src/pybamm/solvers/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @TomTranter @rtimms
+src/pybamm/spatial_methods/ @martinjrobins @rtimms @valentinsulzer @rtimms
+src/pybamm/* @pybamm-team/maintainers # the files directly under /pybamm/, will not recurse
 
 # CI/CD workflows
 /.github/ @martinjrobins @Saransh-cpp @agriyakhetarpal @kratman @arjxn-py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index 2f4bcbc33a..a3537cc010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard (optional).
       # Commenting out will disable upload of results to your repo's Code Scanning dashboard
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@eb055d739abdc2e8de2e5f4ba1a8b246daa779aa # v3.26.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@883d8588e56d1753a8a58c1c86e88976f0c23449 # v3.26.3
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4f1b0162a4..ddbdb6350e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.5.7"
+    rev: "v0.6.1"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: [--fix, --show-fixes]
diff --git a/src/pybamm/parameters/bpx.py b/src/pybamm/parameters/bpx.py
index 2f259a8f52..7485e805b9 100644
--- a/src/pybamm/parameters/bpx.py
+++ b/src/pybamm/parameters/bpx.py
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@ def _bpx_to_param_dict(bpx: BPX) -> dict:
         pybamm_dict[domain.pre_name + "conductivity [S.m-1]"] = 4e7
 
     # add a default heat transfer coefficient
-    pybamm_dict.update(
-        {"Total heat transfer coefficient [W.m-2.K-1]": 0}, check_already_exists=False
-    )
+    pybamm_dict.update({"Total heat transfer coefficient [W.m-2.K-1]": 0})
 
     # transport efficiency
     for domain in [negative_electrode, separator, positive_electrode]:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_parameters/test_bpx.py b/tests/unit/test_parameters/test_bpx.py
index f57fe8f7fa..ab4c25f97a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_parameters/test_bpx.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_parameters/test_bpx.py
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Tests for the create_from_bpx function
-#
-
-
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 import json
@@ -155,6 +150,15 @@ def test_bpx(self):
                 sols[0]["Voltage [V]"].data, sols[1]["Voltage [V]"].data, atol=1e-7
             )
 
+    def test_no_already_exists_in_BPX(self):
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+            suffix="test.json", delete=False, mode="w"
+        ) as test_file:
+            json.dump(copy.copy(self.base), test_file)
+            test_file.flush()
+            params = pybamm.ParameterValues.create_from_bpx(test_file.name)
+            assert "check_already_exists" not in params.keys()
+
     def test_constant_functions(self):
         bpx_obj = copy.copy(self.base)
         bpx_obj["Parameterisation"]["Electrolyte"].update(
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ def test_table_data(self):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
             suffix=filename, delete=False, mode="w"
         ) as tmp:
-            # write to a tempory file so we can
+            # write to a temporary file so we can
             # get the source later on using inspect.getsource
             # (as long as the file still exists)
             json.dump(bpx_obj, tmp)