diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 47d03225..cf57c4fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2023 Frequenz Energy-as-a-Service GmbH
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools == 80.9.0", "setuptools_scm[toml] == 9.2.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools == 80.9.0", "setuptools_scm[toml] == 9.2.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ extra-lint-examples = [
 dev-flake8 = [
   "flake8 == 7.3.0",
   "flake8-docstrings == 1.7.0",
-  "flake8-pyproject == 1.2.3", # For reading the flake8 config from pyproject.toml
+  "flake8-pyproject == 1.2.4", # For reading the flake8 config from pyproject.toml
   "pydoclint == 0.7.3",
   "pydocstyle == 6.3.0",
 ]
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dev-pylint = [
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 8.4.2",
-  "pylint == 4.0.0", # We need this to check for the examples
+  "pylint == 4.0.4", # We need this to check for the examples
   "cookiecutter == 2.6.0", # For checking the cookiecutter scripts
   "jinja2 == 3.1.6", # For checking the cookiecutter scripts
   "sybil >= 6.1.1, < 10", # Should be consistent with the extra-lint-examples dependency
diff --git a/src/frequenz/repo/config/nox/config.py b/src/frequenz/repo/config/nox/config.py
index 814fae7b..0e97602b 100644
--- a/src/frequenz/repo/config/nox/config.py
+++ b/src/frequenz/repo/config/nox/config.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def path_args(
         return list(str(p) for p in _util.existing_paths(paths))
 
 
-_config: Config | None = None
+_CONFIG: Config | None = None
 """The global configuration object."""
 
 
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ def get() -> Config:
     Returns:
         The global configuration object.
     """
-    assert _config is not None, "You must call configure() before using this function"
-    return _config
+    assert _CONFIG is not None, "You must call configure() before using this function"
+    return _CONFIG
 
 
 @overload
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def configure(
             This is only necessary if you want to avoid using the default provided
             sessions and use your own.
     """
-    global _config  # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    global _CONFIG  # pylint: disable=global-statement
 
     # We need to make sure sessions are imported, otherwise they won't be visible to nox.
     if import_default_sessions:
@@ -213,23 +213,23 @@ def configure(
 
     match conf:
         case Config():
-            _config = conf
+            _CONFIG = conf
         case RepositoryType() as repo_type:
             # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel,cyclic-import
             from . import default
 
             match repo_type:
                 case RepositoryType.ACTOR:
-                    _config = default.actor_config
+                    _CONFIG = default.actor_config
                 case RepositoryType.API:
-                    _config = default.api_config
+                    _CONFIG = default.api_config
                 case RepositoryType.APP:
-                    _config = default.app_config
+                    _CONFIG = default.app_config
                 case RepositoryType.LIB:
-                    _config = default.lib_config
+                    _CONFIG = default.lib_config
                 case RepositoryType.MODEL:
-                    _config = default.model_config
+                    _CONFIG = default.model_config
                 case _ as unhandled:
                     assert_never(unhandled)
 
-    _nox.options.sessions = _config.sessions
+    _nox.options.sessions = _CONFIG.sessions