diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 4e9d9dab..f1acb282 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -181,6 +181,60 @@
         "code",
         "test"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "lej0hn",
+      "name": "Giannis Daras",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72049569?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/lej0hn",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug",
+        "ideas",
+        "review",
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "Dhruvanshu-Joshi",
+      "name": "Dhruvanshu-Joshi",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104030847?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/Dhruvanshu-Joshi",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug",
+        "ideas"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "AdityaBITMESRA",
+      "name": "AdityaBITMESRA",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/147182147?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/AdityaBITMESRA",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug",
+        "ideas",
+        "code",
+        "review"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "YBCS",
+      "name": "Y. Budhachandra",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29734619?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/YBCS",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "test"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "stellaprins",
+      "name": "Stella",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30465823?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/stellaprins",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "ideas"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1fc68f32..e4d92fc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ jobs:
         pynml -h
 
         ./test-ghactions.sh -neuron
+
+    - name: Lint with ruff
+      run: |
+        pip install ruff
+        ruff check . --exit-zero
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a910dec..dbcc3db3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pyNeuroML
 [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NeuroML?style=social)](https://twitter.com/NeuroML)
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/NeuroML/community.svg)](https://gitter.im/NeuroML/community?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-12-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-17-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 
 A single package in Python unifying scripts and modules for reading, writing, simulating and analysing NeuroML2/LEMS models.
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ More closely tied to PyNN?
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/andrisecker"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13274870?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="András Ecker"/><br /><sub><b>András Ecker</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/issues?q=author%3Aandrisecker" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=andrisecker" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/RokasSt"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12904422?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rokas Stanislovas"/><br /><sub><b>Rokas Stanislovas</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/issues?q=author%3ARokasSt" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=RokasSt" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/robertvi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/456100?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Robert Vickerstaff"/><br /><sub><b>Robert Vickerstaff</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=robertvi" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=robertvi" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/lej0hn"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72049569?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Giannis Daras"/><br /><sub><b>Giannis Daras</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/issues?q=author%3Alej0hn" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-lej0hn" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Alej0hn" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=lej0hn" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/Dhruvanshu-Joshi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104030847?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Dhruvanshu-Joshi"/><br /><sub><b>Dhruvanshu-Joshi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/issues?q=author%3ADhruvanshu-Joshi" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-Dhruvanshu-Joshi" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/AdityaBITMESRA"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/147182147?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="AdityaBITMESRA"/><br /><sub><b>AdityaBITMESRA</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/issues?q=author%3AAdityaBITMESRA" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-AdityaBITMESRA" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=AdityaBITMESRA" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3AAdityaBITMESRA" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/YBCS"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29734619?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Y. Budhachandra"/><br /><sub><b>Y. Budhachandra</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=YBCS" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=YBCS" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/stellaprins"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30465823?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Stella"/><br /><sub><b>Stella</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML/commits?author=stellaprins" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#ideas-stellaprins" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
   <tfoot>
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/utils/test_utils.py
index 26d8780d..a53e6476 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import pathlib as pl
 
 import neuroml
+
 from pyneuroml.pynml import read_neuroml2_file, write_neuroml2_file
 from pyneuroml.utils import (
     extract_position_info,