diff --git a/piwik/indico_piwik/piwik.py b/piwik/indico_piwik/piwik.py
index 14681fb..ebf692c 100644
--- a/piwik/indico_piwik/piwik.py
+++ b/piwik/indico_piwik/piwik.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # them and/or modify them under the terms of the MIT License;
 # see the LICENSE file for more details.
 
-import socket
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ class PiwikRequest:
         """Returns the raw results from the API"""
         try:
             response = requests.get(query_url, timeout=timeout)
-        except socket.timeout:
+        except TimeoutError:
             current_plugin.logger.warning('Timeout contacting Piwik server')
             return default_response
         except Exception:
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index e4939a3..c047124 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-target-version = 'py39'
+target-version = 'py312'
 line-length = 120
 extend-exclude = ['docs', 'htmlcov', '*.egg-info']
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ignore = [
     'RUF015',  # not always more readable, and we don't do it for huge lists
     'RUF022',  # autofix messes up out formatting instead of just sorting
     'RUF027',  # also triggers on i18n functions -> too noisy for now
+    'UP038',   # it looks kind of weird and it slower than a tuple
     'D205',    # too many docstrings which have no summary line
     'D301',    # https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/8696
     'D1',      # we have way too many missing docstrings :(