diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b79a2512b2..d553d89e5de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ ignore = [
     # flake8-simplify
     "SIM102", # nested 'if' statements
     "SIM103", # return condition directly
-    "SIM105", # use contextlib.suppress
     "SIM108", # use ternary operator
     # flake8-self
     "SLF001",  # private member accessed
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py b/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py
index aa809a013af..d26684ad353 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import hashlib
 import html
 import os
@@ -578,12 +579,11 @@ def get_doc_context(self, docname: str, body: str, metatags: str) -> dict[str, A
                 # that gracefully
                 prev = None
         while related and related[0]:
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(KeyError):
                 parents.append(
                     {'link': self.get_relative_uri(docname, related[0]),
                      'title': self.render_partial(titles[related[0]])['title']})
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
+
             related = self.relations.get(related[0])
         if parents:
             # remove link to the master file; we have a generic
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ def js_tag(js: _JavaScript | str) -> str:
             templatename = newtmpl
 
         # sort JS/CSS before rendering HTML
-        try:
+        try:  # NoQA: SIM105
             # Convert script_files to list to support non-list script_files (refs: #8889)
             ctx['script_files'] = sorted(ctx['script_files'], key=lambda js: js.priority)
         except AttributeError:
@@ -1112,10 +1112,8 @@ def js_tag(js: _JavaScript | str) -> str:
             # Note: priority sorting feature will not work in this case.
             pass
 
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(AttributeError):
             ctx['css_files'] = sorted(ctx['css_files'], key=lambda css: css.priority)
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
 
         try:
             output = self.templates.render(templatename, ctx)
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
index 4825d51f66f..e1479e01be0 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import json
 import re
 import socket
@@ -304,14 +305,12 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                 break
 
             netloc = urlsplit(uri).netloc
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(KeyError):
                 # Refresh rate limit.
                 # When there are many links in the queue, workers are all stuck waiting
                 # for responses, but the builder keeps queuing. Links in the queue may
                 # have been queued before rate limits were discovered.
                 next_check = self.rate_limits[netloc].next_check
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
             if next_check > time.time():
                 # Sleep before putting message back in the queue to avoid
                 # waking up other threads.
diff --git a/sphinx/cmd/build.py b/sphinx/cmd/build.py
index 811838c9d85..a128fc7e851 100644
--- a/sphinx/cmd/build.py
+++ b/sphinx/cmd/build.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import bdb
+import contextlib
 import locale
 import multiprocessing
 import os
@@ -265,10 +266,9 @@ def _parse_arguments(argv: list[str] = sys.argv[1:]) -> argparse.Namespace:
             key, val = val.split('=')
         except ValueError:
             parser.error(__('-A option argument must be in the form name=value'))
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
             val = int(val)
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
+
         confoverrides['html_context.%s' % key] = val
 
     if args.nitpicky:
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/javascript.py b/sphinx/domains/javascript.py
index 0b32e1ceff5..0de2d081cbc 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/javascript.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/javascript.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
 from docutils import nodes
@@ -218,10 +219,9 @@ def after_content(self) -> None:
         """
         objects = self.env.ref_context.setdefault('js:objects', [])
         if self.allow_nesting:
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(IndexError):
                 objects.pop()
-            except IndexError:
-                pass
+
         self.env.ref_context['js:object'] = (objects[-1] if len(objects) > 0
                                              else None)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/python.py b/sphinx/domains/python.py
index 618e05d8120..159b163287a 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/python.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/python.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import ast
 import builtins
+import contextlib
 import inspect
 import re
 import token
@@ -912,10 +913,9 @@ def after_content(self) -> None:
         """
         classes = self.env.ref_context.setdefault('py:classes', [])
         if self.allow_nesting:
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(IndexError):
                 classes.pop()
-            except IndexError:
-                pass
+
         self.env.ref_context['py:class'] = (classes[-1] if len(classes) > 0
                                             else None)
         if 'module' in self.options:
diff --git a/sphinx/events.py b/sphinx/events.py
index 5b34e56d8cb..c3fdb37c1c7 100644
--- a/sphinx/events.py
+++ b/sphinx/events.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 from collections import defaultdict
 from operator import attrgetter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, NamedTuple
@@ -82,12 +83,11 @@ def disconnect(self, listener_id: int) -> None:
     def emit(self, name: str, *args: Any,
              allowed_exceptions: tuple[type[Exception], ...] = ()) -> list:
         """Emit a Sphinx event."""
-        try:
+
+        # not every object likes to be repr()'d (think
+        # random stuff coming via autodoc)
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
             logger.debug('[app] emitting event: %r%s', name, repr(args)[:100])
-        except Exception:
-            # not every object likes to be repr()'d (think
-            # random stuff coming via autodoc)
-            pass
 
         results = []
         listeners = sorted(self.listeners[name], key=attrgetter("priority"))
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/githubpages.py b/sphinx/ext/githubpages.py
index ddb8dc75a1c..c9be928e8b1 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/githubpages.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/githubpages.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import os
 import urllib.parse
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
@@ -47,10 +48,8 @@ def create_nojekyll_and_cname(app: Sphinx, env: BuildEnvironment) -> None:
             # auto-generated by the GitHub UI doesn't have one.
             f.write(domain)
     else:
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
             os.unlink(cname_path)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            pass
 
 
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py b/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
index 5e2a5b109fc..a5f49d962b7 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
+import contextlib
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -298,18 +299,14 @@ def clean_up_files(app: Sphinx, exc: Exception) -> None:
         return
 
     if hasattr(app.builder, '_imgmath_tempdir'):
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
             shutil.rmtree(app.builder._imgmath_tempdir)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
 
     if app.builder.config.imgmath_embed:
         # in embed mode, the images are still generated in the math output dir
         # to be shared across workers, but are not useful to the final document
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
             shutil.rmtree(path.join(app.builder.outdir, app.builder.imagedir, 'math'))
-        except Exception:
-            pass
 
 
 def get_tooltip(self: HTML5Translator, node: Element) -> str:
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
index 075f11217a5..2ffde3918fc 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import collections
+import contextlib
 import inspect
 import re
 from functools import partial
@@ -609,10 +610,9 @@ def _parse(self) -> None:
 
         if self._name and self._what in ('attribute', 'data', 'property'):
             res: list[str] = []
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(StopIteration):
                 res = self._parse_attribute_docstring()
-            except StopIteration:
-                pass
+
             self._parsed_lines.extend(res)
             return
 
diff --git a/sphinx/project.py b/sphinx/project.py
index d6eaeee2fd6..57813fafff6 100644
--- a/sphinx/project.py
+++ b/sphinx/project.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import os
 from glob import glob
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -84,10 +85,9 @@ def path2doc(self, filename: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> str | None:
             return self._path_to_docname[filename]  # type: ignore[index]
         except KeyError:
             if os.path.isabs(filename):
-                try:
+                with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
                     filename = os.path.relpath(filename, self.srcdir)
-                except ValueError:
-                    pass
+
             for suffix in self.source_suffix:
                 if os.path.basename(filename).endswith(suffix):
                     return path_stabilize(filename).removesuffix(suffix)
diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
index e872ec63ba4..a0f855dc337 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import ast
+import contextlib
 import inspect
 import itertools
 import re
@@ -54,10 +55,9 @@ def get_lvar_names(node: ast.AST, self: ast.arg | None = None) -> list[str]:
     elif node_name in ('Tuple', 'List'):
         members = []
         for elt in node.elts:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(TypeError):
                 members.extend(get_lvar_names(elt, self))
-            except TypeError:
-                pass
+
         return members
     elif node_name == 'Attribute':
         if (
diff --git a/sphinx/testing/util.py b/sphinx/testing/util.py
index c8562bf7e37..e76d4010c49 100644
--- a/sphinx/testing/util.py
+++ b/sphinx/testing/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Sphinx test suite utilities"""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
@@ -135,10 +136,8 @@ def cleanup(self, doctrees: bool = False) -> None:
                method not in self._saved_nodeclasses:
                 delattr(nodes.GenericNodeVisitor, 'visit_' + method[6:])
                 delattr(nodes.GenericNodeVisitor, 'depart_' + method[6:])
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
             os.remove(self.docutils_conf_path)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            pass
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f'<{self.__class__.__name__} buildername={self.builder.name!r}>'
diff --git a/sphinx/theming.py b/sphinx/theming.py
index e127dfda852..a8a3f83f361 100644
--- a/sphinx/theming.py
+++ b/sphinx/theming.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 else:
     from importlib_metadata import entry_points
 
+import contextlib
+
 from sphinx import package_dir
 from sphinx.errors import ThemeError
 from sphinx.locale import __
@@ -117,10 +119,8 @@ def get_options(self, overrides: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]
         else:
             options = {}
 
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(configparser.NoSectionError):
             options.update(self.config.items('options'))
-        except configparser.NoSectionError:
-            pass
 
         for option, value in overrides.items():
             if option not in options:
@@ -133,10 +133,9 @@ def get_options(self, overrides: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]
     def cleanup(self) -> None:
         """Remove temporary directories."""
         if self.rootdir:
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
                 shutil.rmtree(self.rootdir)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+
         if self.base:
             self.base.cleanup()
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/osutil.py b/sphinx/util/osutil.py
index 58fbac730a7..c6adbe40f9d 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/osutil.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/osutil.py
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ def mtimes_of_files(dirnames: list[str], suffix: str) -> Iterator[float]:
         for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(dirname):
             for sfile in files:
                 if sfile.endswith(suffix):
-                    try:
+                    with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
                         yield path.getmtime(path.join(root, sfile))
-                    except OSError:
-                        pass
 
 
 def copytimes(source: str | os.PathLike[str], dest: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> None:
@@ -93,11 +91,9 @@ def copyfile(source: str | os.PathLike[str], dest: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> No
     Note: ``copyfile`` skips copying if the file has not been changed"""
     if not path.exists(dest) or not filecmp.cmp(source, dest):
         shutil.copyfile(source, dest)
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
             # don't do full copystat because the source may be read-only
             copytimes(source, dest)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
 
 
 no_fn_re = re.compile(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]')