diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 262cbd11..e5cdffcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.9'
 
     - name: Install ruff
-      run: pip install ruff
+      run: pip install ruff==0.4.4
 
     - name: Run ruff format checker
       run: ruff format --check --config pyproject.toml
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a0a3d006..35d8d9e6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ repos:
 
 
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.4.1
+    rev: v0.4.4
     hooks:
-
+      # These will fail the linting GitHub action if the files are not formatted correctly
       - id: ruff-format
         args:
           - '--config=pyproject.toml'
           - '--check'
       - id: ruff
         args:
-          - '--config=pyproject.toml'
\ No newline at end of file
+          - '--config=pyproject.toml'
+      # This will actually modify the files prior to checkin
+      - id: ruff-format
+        args:
+          - '--config=pyproject.toml'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54e78b79..817d295a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,40 +1,23 @@
-[tool.black]
-# don't format the installed clients or the SDK-generated files.
-extend-exclude = '''
-import_specifications/clients/authclient.py
-'''
-line-length = 100
-
-
-
-
-[tool.ruff]
-lint.select = [
-    # core
-    "F", # Pyflakes
-    "E", # pycodestyle errors
-    "W", # pycodestyle warnings
-#    "C90", # mccabe + #TODO disable complexity checks
-#    "I", # isort #TODO enable sort of imports
-#    "N", # pep8-naming #Todo enable proper naming
-#    "D", # pydocstyle - disabled for now
-#    "UP", # pyupgrade # TODO Enable Type Annotations
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+# Selected linting rules
+select = [
+    "F",  # Pyflakes
+    "E",  # pycodestyle errors
+    "W",  # pycodestyle warnings
+    # "C90", # mccabe (complexity checks disabled)
+    # "I",   # isort (sort of imports disabled)
+    # "N",   # pep8-naming (proper naming disabled)
+    # "D",   # pydocstyle (now moved to lint.pydocstyle)
+    # "UP",  # pyupgrade (Type Annotations disabled)
 ]
-
-# E203: whitespace before ‘,’, ‘;’, or ‘:’
-# E501: line length
-# W503: line break after binary operator
-lint.ignore = [
-    "E203",
-    "E501",
-    "S101",
+ignore = [
+    "E203",  # whitespace before ‘,’, ‘;’, or ‘:’
+    "E501",  # line length
+    "S101",  # use of assert detected
 ]
-
-# Allow autofix for all enabled rules (when `--fix`) is provided.
-lint.fixable = ["ALL"]
-lint.unfixable = []
-
-# Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
+fixable = ["ALL"]
+unfixable = []
+per-file-ignores = {}
 exclude = [
     "__pypackages__",
     "_build",
@@ -65,14 +48,11 @@ exclude = [
     "venv",
     "import_specifications/clients/authclient.py",
     "import_specifications/clients/baseclient.py",
-]
-lint.per-file-ignores = { }
 
-# Same as Black.
+]
+[tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-
-# Assume Python 3.12.
 target-version = "py312"
 
-[tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "google"