diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
index f724530d45..65f2ea47f9 100644
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [codespell]
-skip = *.dat,typos-config.toml,.git,./ci,./Dist,./mk,./Tests/ExamplesTest/expected_output,./Tests/ExamplesTest/pcap_examples,./Tests/Packet++Test/PacketExamples,./Tests/Pcap++Test/PcapExamples,./3rdParty/json,./3rdParty/OUIDataset/PCPP_OUIDataset.json
+skip = *.dat,typos-config.toml,.git,./ci,./Dist,./mk,./Tests/ExamplesTest/expected_output,./Tests/ExamplesTest/pcap_examples,./Tests/Packet++Test/PacketExamples,./Tests/Pcap++Test/PcapExamples,./3rdParty,./Examples/PcapSearch/dirent-for-Visual-Studio
 ignore-words = codespell-ignore-list.txt
 count =
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cb939349d9..8de5f64aca 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ exclude: '.*\.(pcap|pcapng|dat|txt)'
 fail_fast: false
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.5.0
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: check-case-conflict
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ repos:
         args: ["--std=c++11", "--language=c++", "--suppressions-list=cppcheckSuppressions.txt", "--inline-suppr", "--force"]
 #      - id: clang-format
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.2.5
+    rev: v2.2.6
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         pass_filenames: false
   - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
-    rev: v1.16.11
+    rev: v1.16.19
     hooks:
       - id: typos
         args: ['--config=typos-config.toml']
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index afaa6c683a..b8a9b85986 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ option(PCAPPP_PACKAGE "Package Pcap++ could require a recent version of CMake" O
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 # popen()/pclose() are not C++ standards
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON)
+# Set Position Independent Code for static libraries
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 # Usually on Windows PCAP_ROOT and Packet_ROOT are at the same location
 if(WIN32
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1b452d2267..3f83cbddd0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Every code contribution to this project is highly valued and appreciated. I enco
 - After you're done writing your code, please make sure that:
    - You added unit-tests for all of the new code, either on `Tests/Packet++Test` or `Tests/Pcap++Test` (whichever makes sense)
    - PcapPlusPlus compiles successfully on your machine, including all unit-tests and examples
-   - Unit-tests pass succssfully on your machine (both `Tests/Packet++Test` and `Tests/Pcap++Test`)
+   - Unit-tests pass successfully on your machine (both `Tests/Packet++Test` and `Tests/Pcap++Test`)
    - All new APIs are well documented using Doxygen (please use @ for keywords)
    - Make sure that pre-commit hooks are passing by using `pre-commit run --all-files`. For pre-commit hooks you need to install `cppcheck` on your system. Recommended and tested version is 2.7. You can install by using:
      - For Linux (apt) `sudo apt install cppcheck`
diff --git a/Packet++/header/NflogLayer.h b/Packet++/header/NflogLayer.h
index 2fd7804cdc..5df6358fa3 100644
--- a/Packet++/header/NflogLayer.h
+++ b/Packet++/header/NflogLayer.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace pcpp
  		NFULA_UID					= 11,
 		/** sequence number of packets on this NFLOG socket */
  		NFULA_SEQ					= 12,
-		/** sequence number of pakets on all NFLOG sockets */
+		/** sequence number of packets on all NFLOG sockets */
  		NFULA_SEQ_GLOBAL			= 13,
 		/** GID owning socket on which packet was sent/received */
  		NFULA_GID					= 14,
diff --git a/Pcap++/header/DpdkDevice.h b/Pcap++/header/DpdkDevice.h
index 6dcb4e46b7..f0cdc8ecac 100644
--- a/Pcap++/header/DpdkDevice.h
+++ b/Pcap++/header/DpdkDevice.h
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ namespace pcpp
 		 * @param[in] onPacketsArrive The user callback which will be invoked each time a burst of packets is captured by the device
 		 * @param[in] onPacketsArriveUserCookie The user callback is invoked with this cookie as a parameter. It can be used to pass
 		 * information from the user application to the callback
-		 * @param coreMask The core-mask for creating the cpature threads
+		 * @param coreMask The core-mask for creating the capture threads
 		 * @return True if all capture threads started successfully or false if device is already in capture mode, not all cores in the core-mask are
 		 * available to DPDK, there are not enough opened RX queues to match all cores in the core-mask, or if thread invocation failed. In
 		 * all of these cases an appropriate error message will be printed
diff --git a/Pcap++/src/PcapLiveDevice.cpp b/Pcap++/src/PcapLiveDevice.cpp
index ab4eaf0574..ab8e69ccdd 100644
--- a/Pcap++/src/PcapLiveDevice.cpp
+++ b/Pcap++/src/PcapLiveDevice.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ PcapLiveDevice::PcapLiveDevice(pcap_if_t* pInterface, bool calculateMTU, bool ca
 	//init all other members
 	m_CaptureThreadStarted = false;
 	m_StatsThreadStarted = false;
-	m_IsLoopback = false;
 	m_StopThread = false;
 	m_CaptureThread = {};
 	m_StatsThread = {};