diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 6ab0d0203..258bf1309 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -U pip
-        pip install tox flake8
+        pip install tox ruff
 
-    - name: flake8 critical lint
-      run: tox -e flake8-critical
+    - name: ruff critical lint
+      run: tox -e ruff-critical
 
   test:
     needs: lint
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ed781ce56..541389f4a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ repos:
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
         exclude: &exclude_pattern '^changelog.d/'
     -   id: debug-statements
--   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 7.1.1
+-   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.6.9
     hooks:
-    -   id: flake8
-        name: "Flake8: critical"
-        args: ['--count', '--select=E9,F63,F7,F82', '--show-source', '--statistics']
+    -   id: ruff
+        name: "Ruff: critical"
+        args: [
+          '--select=E9,F63,F7,F82',
+          '--output-format=full',
+          '--statistics'
+        ]
         types: [file, python]
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 24.8.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2e948b5ad..bf0aa7deb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dev = [
     "black",
     "coverage",
     "django-extensions",
-    "flake8",
+    "ruff",
     "ipython",
     "pre-commit",
     "python-dotenv",
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ exclude = '''
 )
 '''
 
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 120
+extend-exclude = [
+    ".egg-info",
+    "migrations",
+    "templates",
+]
+
 [tool.towncrier]
 directory = "changelog.d"
 filename = "CHANGELOG.md"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index eeafb671b..2dc4bb456 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ commands =
     -coverage combine --append
     coverage html --include="./src/*" --omit="*/admin.py,*/test*,*/migrations/*"
 
-[testenv:flake8-critical]
+[testenv:ruff-critical]
 setenv =
-basepython = python3.10
 deps =
-    flake8
+    ruff
 commands =
     # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-    flake8 --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics src/
+    ruff check --output-format=full --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --statistics src/
 
 [testenv:upgrade-deps]
 whitelist_externals = cp
@@ -95,12 +94,3 @@ omit =
 exclude_lines =
     # Ignore not abstract methods, as these cannot be tested
     raise NotImplementedError
-
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 88
-filename =
-    src/**/*.py
-extend_exclude =
-    *.egg-info,
-    migrations,
-    templates