diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ccc9d5f8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Birger Schacht
-#SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-name: Run black Linter
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  black:
-    uses: acdh-oeaw/prosnet-workflows/.github/workflows/poetry-black.yml@dev
-    with:
-      src: "."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff-formatter.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff-formatter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..463a8d44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff-formatter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Birger Schacht
+#SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+name: Run ruff Linter
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  ruff:
+    uses: acdh-oeaw/prosnet-workflows/.github/workflows/poetry-ruff.yml@v0.4.2
+    with:
+      src: "."
+      options: "format --check"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 317887e2d..1a739fc20 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -86,39 +86,6 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["freezegun (>=1.0,<2.0)", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "black"
-version = "22.12.0"
-description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
-files = [
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9eedd20838bd5d75b80c9f5487dbcb06836a43833a37846cf1d8c1cc01cef59d"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:159a46a4947f73387b4d83e87ea006dbb2337eab6c879620a3ba52699b1f4351"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d30b212bffeb1e252b31dd269dfae69dd17e06d92b87ad26e23890f3efea366f"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:7412e75863aa5c5411886804678b7d083c7c28421210180d67dfd8cf1221e1f4"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:c116eed0efb9ff870ded8b62fe9f28dd61ef6e9ddd28d83d7d264a38417dcee2"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:1f58cbe16dfe8c12b7434e50ff889fa479072096d79f0a7f25e4ab8e94cd8350"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:77d86c9f3db9b1bf6761244bc0b3572a546f5fe37917a044e02f3166d5aafa7d"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:82d9fe8fee3401e02e79767016b4907820a7dc28d70d137eb397b92ef3cc5bfc"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:101c69b23df9b44247bd88e1d7e90154336ac4992502d4197bdac35dd7ee3320"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:559c7a1ba9a006226f09e4916060982fd27334ae1998e7a38b3f33a37f7a2148"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:436cc9167dd28040ad90d3b404aec22cedf24a6e4d7de221bec2730ec0c97bcf"},
-    {file = "black-22.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:229351e5a18ca30f447bf724d007f890f97e13af070bb6ad4c0a441cd7596a2f"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-click = ">=8.0.0"
-mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
-pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
-platformdirs = ">=2"
-
-[package.extras]
-colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
-d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
-jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
-uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "certifi"
 version = "2024.2.2"
@@ -818,17 +785,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d283d37a890ba4c1ae73ffadf8046435c76e7bc2247bbb63c00bd1a709c6544b"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mypy-extensions"
-version = "1.0.0"
-description = "Type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy type checker."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
-files = [
-    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4392f6c0eb8a5668a69e23d168ffa70f0be9ccfd32b5cc2d26a34ae5b844552d"},
-    {file = "mypy_extensions-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75dbf8955dc00442a438fc4d0666508a9a97b6bd41aa2f0ffe9d2f2725af0782"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "24.0"
@@ -851,21 +807,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "pathspec-0.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a482d51503a1ab33b1c67a6c3813a26953dbdc71c31dacaef9a838c4e29f5712"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "platformdirs"
-version = "4.2.0"
-description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "platformdirs-4.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0614df2a2f37e1a662acbd8e2b25b92ccf8632929bc6d43467e17fe89c75e068"},
-    {file = "platformdirs-4.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ef0cc731df711022c174543cb70a9b5bd22e5a9337c8624ef2c2ceb8ddad8768"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-docs = ["furo (>=2023.9.10)", "proselint (>=0.13)", "sphinx (>=7.2.6)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.25.2)"]
-test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.12)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pygments"
 version = "2.17.2"
@@ -1543,4 +1484,4 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "3ef4310711c8457a551cf95dd4819f3ccc7565b7a9a164b1ca70153614d10c14"
+content-hash = "9d49d218517b78b86850ab5473938bd68349c670e5f5370e5effe65ed1de2df7"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3629a2f07..8dbd5408d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ faker = "*"
 [tool.poetry.group.dev]
 optional = true
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-black = "22.12"
 djlint = "^1.31.1"
 ruff = ">=0.2.1,<0.5.0"
 deptry = ">=0.12,<0.17"