diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8703fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every week
+      interval: "monthly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff-format.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff-format.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60a211e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff-format.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Ruff-Format
+on: [workflow_dispatch, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.*"
+      - uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
+        with:
+          args: "format --check"
+        continue-on-error: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3399347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Ruff-Lint
+on: [workflow_dispatch, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.*"
+      - uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
+        with:
+          args: "check --fix"
+        continue-on-error: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/omdb/__init__.py b/omdb/__init__.py
index 0975404..ee1418e 100644
--- a/omdb/__init__.py
+++ b/omdb/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-""" the omdb module """
+"""the omdb module"""
 
 from omdb.exceptions import OMDBException, OMDBLimitReached, OMDBNoResults, OMDBTooManyResults
 from omdb.omdb import OMDB
diff --git a/omdb/exceptions.py b/omdb/exceptions.py
index 76bbb24..ffb0122 100644
--- a/omdb/exceptions.py
+++ b/omdb/exceptions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-""" Exceptions for the pyomdbapi project """
-
+"""Exceptions for the pyomdbapi project"""
 
 from typing import Dict
 
diff --git a/omdb/omdb.py b/omdb/omdb.py
index 7255ab6..ab70525 100644
--- a/omdb/omdb.py
+++ b/omdb/omdb.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-""" OMDB API python wrapper library """
+"""OMDB API python wrapper library"""
+
 from math import ceil
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
diff --git a/omdb/utilities.py b/omdb/utilities.py
index d672014..a95ebb1 100644
--- a/omdb/utilities.py
+++ b/omdb/utilities.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-""" A utilitites suite """
+"""A utilitites suite"""
 
 
 def camelcase_to_snake_case(_input: str) -> str:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 014ea14..86f452c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = ["requests>=2"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
@@ -36,15 +35,9 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/barrust/pyomdbapi"
 Bug-tracker = "https://github.com/barrust/pyomdbapi/issues"
 Documentation = "https://pyomdbapi.readthedocs.io/"
 
-[tool.poetry]
-packages = [{ include = "omdb" }]
-
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["omdb"]
 
-[tool.flit.module]
-name = "omdb"
-
 [tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
 universal = 0
 
@@ -62,15 +55,105 @@ profile = "black"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = ['py36']
+target-version = ['py38']
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 
-[build-system]
-#requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
-#build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+############################################
+# Ruff
+###########################################
+[tool.ruff]
+include = ["pyproject.toml", "omdb/**/*.py", "omdb/*.py"]
+exclude = [
+    ".bzr",
+    ".direnv",
+    ".eggs",
+    ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
+    ".hg",
+    ".ipynb_checkpoints",
+    ".mypy_cache",
+    ".nox",
+    ".pants.d",
+    ".pyenv",
+    ".pytest_cache",
+    ".pytype",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".svn",
+    ".tox",
+    ".venv",
+    ".vscode",
+    "__pypackages__",
+    "_build",
+    "buck-out",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    "node_modules",
+    "site-packages",
+    "venv",
+]
+
+# Same as Black.
+line-length = 120
+indent-width = 4
+
+# Assume Python 3.9
+target-version = "py39"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+# Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.
+# Unlike Flake8, Ruff doesn't enable pycodestyle warnings (`W`) or
+# McCabe complexity (`C901`) by default.
+select = [
+    # pycodestyle
+    "E",
+    # Pyflakes
+    "F",
+    # pyupgrade
+    "UP",
+    # flake8-bugbear
+    "B",
+    # flake8-simplify
+    "SIM",
+    # isort
+    "I",
+]
+ignore = []
 
-#requires = ["flit_core>=3.2"]
-#build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+# Allow fix for all enabled rules (when `--fix`) is provided.
+fixable = ["ALL"]
+unfixable = []
 
+# Allow unused variables when underscore-prefixed.
+dummy-variable-rgx = "^(_+|(_+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?))$"
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+# Like Black, use double quotes for strings.
+quote-style = "double"
+
+# Like Black, indent with spaces, rather than tabs.
+indent-style = "space"
+
+# Like Black, respect magic trailing commas.
+skip-magic-trailing-comma = false
+
+# Like Black, automatically detect the appropriate line ending.
+line-ending = "auto"
+
+# Enable auto-formatting of code examples in docstrings. Markdown,
+# reStructuredText code/literal blocks and doctests are all supported.
+#
+# This is currently disabled by default, but it is planned for this
+# to be opt-out in the future.
+docstring-code-format = false
+
+# Set the line length limit used when formatting code snippets in
+# docstrings.
+#
+# This only has an effect when the `docstring-code-format` setting is
+# enabled.
+docstring-code-line-length = "dynamic"
+
+
+[build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"