diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8b87a27..118cdc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
   main-windows:
     uses: asottile/workflows/.github/workflows/tox.yml@v1.8.1
     with:
-      env: '["py310"]'
+      env: '["py39"]'
       os: windows-latest
   main-linux:
     uses: asottile/workflows/.github/workflows/tox.yml@v1.8.1
     with:
-      env: '["py310", "py311", "py312", "py313"]'
+      env: '["py39", "py310", "py311", "py312"]'
       os: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e4808c9..c6d25f8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ repos:
     -   id: name-tests-test
     -   id: requirements-txt-fixer
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
-    rev: v3.2.0
+    rev: v2.8.0
     hooks:
     -   id: setup-cfg-fmt
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/reorder-python-imports
-    rev: v3.16.0
+    rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
     -   id: reorder-python-imports
-        args: [--py310-plus, --add-import, 'from __future__ import annotations']
+        args: [--py39-plus, --add-import, 'from __future__ import annotations']
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/add-trailing-comma
-    rev: v4.0.0
+    rev: v3.2.0
     hooks:
     -   id: add-trailing-comma
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.21.2
+    rev: v3.20.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py310-plus]
+        args: [--py39-plus]
 -   repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
     rev: v2.3.2
     hooks:
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.19.1
+    rev: v1.17.1
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 275605e..a98a1e5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     entry: check-case-conflict
     language: python
 -   id: check-docstring-first
-    name: check docstring is first (deprecated)
+    name: check docstring is first
     description: checks a common error of defining a docstring after code.
     entry: check-docstring-first
     language: python
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 522925e..8038ead 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-6.0.0 - 2025-08-09
+6.0.0 - 2024-08-09
 ==================
 
 ## Fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8432455..9ee1677 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Require literal syntax when initializing empty or zero Python builtin types.
 #### `check-case-conflict`
 Check for files with names that would conflict on a case-insensitive filesystem like MacOS HFS+ or Windows FAT.
 
+#### `check-docstring-first`
+Checks for a common error of placing code before the docstring.
+
 #### `check-executables-have-shebangs`
 Checks that non-binary executables have a proper shebang.
 
@@ -204,8 +207,6 @@ Trims trailing whitespace.
 
 - `check-byte-order-marker`: instead use fix-byte-order-marker
 - `fix-encoding-pragma`: instead use [`pyupgrade`](https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade)
-- `check-docstring-first`: fundamentally flawed, deprecated without replacement.
-
 
 ### As a standalone package
 
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/check_builtin_literals.py b/pre_commit_hooks/check_builtin_literals.py
index e128eea..16d59b5 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/check_builtin_literals.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/check_builtin_literals.py
@@ -26,37 +26,36 @@ class Call(NamedTuple):
 class Visitor(ast.NodeVisitor):
     def __init__(
             self,
-            ignore: set[str],
+            ignore: Sequence[str] | None = None,
             allow_dict_kwargs: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         self.builtin_type_calls: list[Call] = []
+        self.ignore = set(ignore) if ignore else set()
         self.allow_dict_kwargs = allow_dict_kwargs
-        self._disallowed = BUILTIN_TYPES.keys() - ignore
 
     def _check_dict_call(self, node: ast.Call) -> bool:
         return self.allow_dict_kwargs and bool(node.keywords)
 
     def visit_Call(self, node: ast.Call) -> None:
-        if (
+        if not isinstance(node.func, ast.Name):
             # Ignore functions that are object attributes (`foo.bar()`).
             # Assume that if the user calls `builtins.list()`, they know what
             # they're doing.
-            isinstance(node.func, ast.Name) and
-            node.func.id in self._disallowed and
-            (node.func.id != 'dict' or not self._check_dict_call(node)) and
-            not node.args
-        ):
-            self.builtin_type_calls.append(
-                Call(node.func.id, node.lineno, node.col_offset),
-            )
-
-        self.generic_visit(node)
+            return
+        if node.func.id not in set(BUILTIN_TYPES).difference(self.ignore):
+            return
+        if node.func.id == 'dict' and self._check_dict_call(node):
+            return
+        elif node.args:
+            return
+        self.builtin_type_calls.append(
+            Call(node.func.id, node.lineno, node.col_offset),
+        )
 
 
 def check_file(
         filename: str,
-        *,
-        ignore: set[str],
+        ignore: Sequence[str] | None = None,
         allow_dict_kwargs: bool = True,
 ) -> list[Call]:
     with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/file_contents_sorter.py b/pre_commit_hooks/file_contents_sorter.py
index ee26d92..4435d6a 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/file_contents_sorter.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/file_contents_sorter.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ conflicts and keep the file nicely ordered.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
-from collections.abc import Callable
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Any
+from typing import Callable
 from typing import IO
 
 PASS = 0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d91f439..14f7a91 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ packages = find:
 install_requires =
     ruamel.yaml>=0.15
     tomli>=1.1.0;python_version<"3.11"
-python_requires = >=3.10
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 [options.packages.find]
 exclude =
diff --git a/tests/check_builtin_literals_test.py b/tests/check_builtin_literals_test.py
index de29063..1b18257 100644
--- a/tests/check_builtin_literals_test.py
+++ b/tests/check_builtin_literals_test.py
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ t1 = ()
 '''
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def visitor():
+    return Visitor()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('expression', 'calls'),
     [
@@ -80,8 +85,7 @@ t1 = ()
         ('builtins.tuple()', []),
     ],
 )
-def test_non_dict_exprs(expression, calls):
-    visitor = Visitor(ignore=set())
+def test_non_dict_exprs(visitor, expression, calls):
     visitor.visit(ast.parse(expression))
     assert visitor.builtin_type_calls == calls
 
@@ -98,8 +102,7 @@ def test_non_dict_exprs(expression, calls):
         ('builtins.dict()', []),
     ],
 )
-def test_dict_allow_kwargs_exprs(expression, calls):
-    visitor = Visitor(ignore=set())
+def test_dict_allow_kwargs_exprs(visitor, expression, calls):
     visitor.visit(ast.parse(expression))
     assert visitor.builtin_type_calls == calls
 
@@ -111,18 +114,17 @@ def test_dict_allow_kwargs_exprs(expression, calls):
         ('dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)', [Call('dict', 1, 0)]),
         ("dict(**{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3})", [Call('dict', 1, 0)]),
         ('builtins.dict()', []),
-        pytest.param('f(dict())', [Call('dict', 1, 2)], id='nested'),
     ],
 )
 def test_dict_no_allow_kwargs_exprs(expression, calls):
-    visitor = Visitor(ignore=set(), allow_dict_kwargs=False)
+    visitor = Visitor(allow_dict_kwargs=False)
     visitor.visit(ast.parse(expression))
     assert visitor.builtin_type_calls == calls
 
 
 def test_ignore_constructors():
     visitor = Visitor(
-        ignore={'complex', 'dict', 'float', 'int', 'list', 'str', 'tuple'},
+        ignore=('complex', 'dict', 'float', 'int', 'list', 'str', 'tuple'),
     )
     visitor.visit(ast.parse(BUILTIN_CONSTRUCTORS))
     assert visitor.builtin_type_calls == []