diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a86bf05..41f915f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.7.4
+    rev: v0.11.2
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         name: ruff unused imports
diff --git a/.ruff.toml b/.ruff.toml
index 594c8d8..a22554f 100644
--- a/.ruff.toml
+++ b/.ruff.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ ignore = [
     "UP038",    # Use X | Y in {} call instead of (X, Y)
 
     # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-annotations-ann
-    "ANN101",   # Missing type annotation for {name} in method
-    "ANN102",   # Missing type annotation for {name} in classmethod
     "ANN401",   # Dynamically typed expressions (typing.Any) are disallowed in {name}
 
     # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-blind-except-ble
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ba1a6ef..deda47e 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ This code will be executed
 ```
 
 # Changelog
+#### 0.16 (2025-04-01)
+- Fixed an issue where the ``hide`` and ``hide_output`` options were not working correctly
+
 #### 0.15 (2024-12-10)
 - Removed confusing log output
 
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
index a3e6290..6c1078b 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.15'
+__version__ = '0.16'
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
index 58a1d6e..d3e932e 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def post_process_spec(spec: Dict[str, Any], options: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def __init__(self, spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-        self.hide: Final = spec.pop('hide')
+        self.hide: Final = spec.pop('hide', '<IS_FLAG>') is None
         self.language: Final = spec.pop('language')
         self.spec: Final = spec
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def name_to_alias(name: str) -> str:
         return name
 
     @staticmethod
-    def post_process_spec(spec: Dict[str, Any], options :Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    def post_process_spec(spec: Dict[str, Any], options: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         return None
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py b/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
index 0a12deb..12a0d5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
@@ -16,12 +16,22 @@ def test_spec_code() -> None:
     assert obj.filename == 'filename'
     assert obj.spec == {'caption': 'my_header', 'linenos': True}
 
+    obj = SpecCode.from_options({'hide_code': None})
+    assert obj.hide is True
+
+    obj = SpecCode.from_options({'hide': None})
+    assert obj.hide is True
+
 
 def test_spec_output() -> None:
-    obj = SpecOutput.from_options({'hide_output': True, 'caption_output': 'my_header_out'})
+    obj = SpecOutput.from_options({'hide_output': None, 'caption_output': 'my_header_out'})
     assert obj.hide is True
     assert obj.spec == {'caption': 'my_header_out'}
 
+    obj = SpecOutput.from_options({'caption_output': 'my_header_out'})
+    assert obj.hide is False
+    assert obj.spec == {'caption': 'my_header_out'}
+
 
 def test_invalid_options() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:    # noqa: PT011