diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 66b5899e7..4818345a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pytest:
 .PHONY: black
 black:
 	poetry run black --check ${NORNIR_DIRS}
+	poetry run isort --check ${NORNIR_DIRS}
 
 .PHONY: sphinx
 sphinx:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 44136626c..b788d0d67 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Dict
 
-from nornir import __version__
-
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 
+from nornir import __version__
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../"))
 
 
diff --git a/docs/highlighter.py b/docs/highlighter.py
index 4f28db3c4..5ece78a42 100644
--- a/docs/highlighter.py
+++ b/docs/highlighter.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from IPython.core.magic import register_line_magic
 from IPython.display import HTML
-
 from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename
 
-
 HTML_TEMPLATE = """<style>
 {}
 </style>
diff --git a/nornir/core/__init__.py b/nornir/core/__init__.py
index c30334fbd..bbe833bea 100644
--- a/nornir/core/__init__.py
+++ b/nornir/core/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import logging.config
-from typing import List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
 
 from nornir.core.configuration import Config
 from nornir.core.inventory import Inventory
diff --git a/nornir/core/configuration.py b/nornir/core/configuration.py
index adf86d8a4..8a04c02fe 100644
--- a/nornir/core/configuration.py
+++ b/nornir/core/configuration.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Type, TYPE_CHECKING, List, TypeVar
-
-from nornir.core.exceptions import ConflictingConfigurationWarning
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar
 
 import ruamel.yaml
 
+from nornir.core.exceptions import ConflictingConfigurationWarning
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nornir.core.deserializer.inventory import Inventory  # noqa
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/exceptions.py b/nornir/core/exceptions.py
index 5388a61fb..a5616faf1 100644
--- a/nornir/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/nornir/core/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Dict, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nornir.core.connection import Connection
diff --git a/nornir/core/inventory.py b/nornir/core/inventory.py
index 958a25840..694c59157 100644
--- a/nornir/core/inventory.py
+++ b/nornir/core/inventory.py
@@ -2,26 +2,22 @@
     Any,
     Callable,
     Dict,
+    ItemsView,
+    Iterator,
+    KeysView,
     List,
     Optional,
     Set,
+    TypeVar,
     Union,
-    KeysView,
     ValuesView,
-    ItemsView,
-    Iterator,
-    TypeVar,
 )
 
-from nornir.core.configuration import Config
-from nornir.core.plugins.connections import (
-    ConnectionPlugin,
-    ConnectionPluginRegister,
-)
-from nornir.core.exceptions import ConnectionAlreadyOpen, ConnectionNotOpen
-
 from mypy_extensions import Arg, KwArg
 
+from nornir.core.configuration import Config
+from nornir.core.exceptions import ConnectionAlreadyOpen, ConnectionNotOpen
+from nornir.core.plugins.connections import ConnectionPlugin, ConnectionPluginRegister
 
 HostOrGroup = TypeVar("HostOrGroup", "Host", "Group")
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/plugins/connections.py b/nornir/core/plugins/connections.py
index 82ad42b79..f2324bddd 100644
--- a/nornir/core/plugins/connections.py
+++ b/nornir/core/plugins/connections.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Type, Optional, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Protocol, Type
 
 from nornir.core.configuration import Config
 from nornir.core.plugins.register import PluginRegister
 
-
 CONNECTIONS_PLUGIN_PATH = "nornir.plugins.connections"
 
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/plugins/inventory.py b/nornir/core/plugins/inventory.py
index 37b5e1b9c..417affe48 100644
--- a/nornir/core/plugins/inventory.py
+++ b/nornir/core/plugins/inventory.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Type, Protocol
+from typing import Any, Protocol, Type
 
 from nornir.core.inventory import Inventory, TransformFunction
 from nornir.core.plugins.register import PluginRegister
 
-
 INVENTORY_PLUGIN_PATH = "nornir.plugins.inventory"
 TRANSFORM_FUNCTION_PLUGIN_PATH = "nornir.plugins.transform_function"
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/plugins/register.py b/nornir/core/plugins/register.py
index f28553d69..ef86e03b2 100644
--- a/nornir/core/plugins/register.py
+++ b/nornir/core/plugins/register.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import sys
-from typing import Dict, TypeVar, Generic
+from typing import Dict, Generic, TypeVar
 
-from nornir.core.exceptions import (
-    PluginAlreadyRegistered,
-    PluginNotRegistered,
-)
+from nornir.core.exceptions import PluginAlreadyRegistered, PluginNotRegistered
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     from importlib import metadata
diff --git a/nornir/core/plugins/runners.py b/nornir/core/plugins/runners.py
index 1a92dc9e8..1f9dca079 100644
--- a/nornir/core/plugins/runners.py
+++ b/nornir/core/plugins/runners.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, List, Type, Protocol
+from typing import Any, List, Protocol, Type
 
-from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 from nornir.core.inventory import Host
 from nornir.core.plugins.register import PluginRegister
-
+from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 
 RUNNERS_PLUGIN_PATH = "nornir.plugins.runners"
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/processor.py b/nornir/core/processor.py
index 98bba7a1a..91867e0cf 100644
--- a/nornir/core/processor.py
+++ b/nornir/core/processor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Protocol
 
+from typing_extensions import Protocol
+
 from nornir.core.inventory import Host
 from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, MultiResult, Task
 
diff --git a/nornir/core/state.py b/nornir/core/state.py
index 48d079ec5..3c58f36bd 100644
--- a/nornir/core/state.py
+++ b/nornir/core/state.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Set, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Set
 
 
 class GlobalState(object):
diff --git a/nornir/core/task.py b/nornir/core/task.py
index d063d8fb3..979fe5de2 100644
--- a/nornir/core/task.py
+++ b/nornir/core/task.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import logging
 import traceback
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Union, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union, cast
 
-from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirExecutionError
-from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirSubTaskError
+from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirExecutionError, NornirSubTaskError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nornir.core import Nornir
diff --git a/nornir/init_nornir.py b/nornir/init_nornir.py
index 6d4708d18..7de8f8a49 100644
--- a/nornir/init_nornir.py
+++ b/nornir/init_nornir.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 from nornir.core import Nornir
 from nornir.core.configuration import Config
 from nornir.core.inventory import Inventory
+from nornir.core.plugins.connections import ConnectionPluginRegister
 from nornir.core.plugins.inventory import (
     InventoryPluginRegister,
     TransformFunctionRegister,
 )
-from nornir.core.plugins.connections import ConnectionPluginRegister
 from nornir.core.plugins.runners import RunnerPlugin, RunnersPluginRegister
 from nornir.core.state import GlobalState
 
diff --git a/nornir/plugins/inventory/simple.py b/nornir/plugins/inventory/simple.py
index d453073e8..0ee0884ca 100644
--- a/nornir/plugins/inventory/simple.py
+++ b/nornir/plugins/inventory/simple.py
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 import pathlib
 from typing import Any, Dict, Type
 
+import ruamel.yaml
+
 from nornir.core.inventory import (
-    Inventory,
+    ConnectionOptions,
+    Defaults,
     Group,
     Groups,
     Host,
-    Hosts,
-    Defaults,
-    ConnectionOptions,
     HostOrGroup,
+    Hosts,
+    Inventory,
     ParentGroups,
 )
 
-import ruamel.yaml
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/nornir/plugins/runners/__init__.py b/nornir/plugins/runners/__init__.py
index cb8229835..41d5cf78f 100644
--- a/nornir/plugins/runners/__init__.py
+++ b/nornir/plugins/runners/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from typing import List
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from typing import List
 
-from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 from nornir.core.inventory import Host
+from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 
 
 class SerialRunner:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4be70b8d0..1c7aca417 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 # This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
+=======
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+>>>>>>> 8a4c37b (add isort to manage/sort imports)
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
@@ -984,6 +988,23 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 arrow = ">=0.15.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "isort"
+version = "5.12.0"
+description = "A Python utility / library to sort Python imports."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "isort-5.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f84c2818376e66cf843d497486ea8fed8700b340f308f076c6fb1229dff318b6"},
+    {file = "isort-5.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8bef7dde241278824a6d83f44a544709b065191b95b6e50894bdc722fcba0504"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+colors = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
+pipfile-deprecated-finder = ["pip-shims (>=0.5.2)", "pipreqs", "requirementslib"]
+plugins = ["setuptools"]
+requirements-deprecated-finder = ["pip-api", "pipreqs"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jedi"
 version = "0.19.0"
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     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:510c9deebc5c0225e8c96813043e62b680ba2f9c50a08d3724c7f28a747d1486"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bfdf460b1736c775f2ba9f6a92bca30bc2095067b8a9d77876d1fad6cc3b4a43"},
@@ -3668,4 +3709,8 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 content-hash = "f5cbd7f60247875e8c0a12f3e92464072bceec475e44f8569b158664cb2cbea6"
+=======
+content-hash = "b143011e3dd4c690f6d5fd4206c5a7c0d38721ab35f6a283a5c3b913647a3df7"
+>>>>>>> 8a4c37b (add isort to manage/sort imports)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5916eb6d..461342dcb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ types-pkg-resources = "^0.1.3"
 nornir-jinja2 = "0.2.0"
 nornir-utils = "0.2.0"
 nornir-napalm = "0.4.0"
+isort = "^5.12.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
 sphinx = "6.2.1"
@@ -56,3 +57,5 @@ nbsphinx = "0.9.2"
 pygments = "2.16.1"
 sphinx-issues = "3.0.1"
 
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index ed6b6fa79..04099086c 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+
 import pytest
 
 skip = pytest.mark.skipif(
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 89a4f064e..feab13c4b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-from typing import List
 import os
+from typing import List
+
+import pytest
+import ruamel.yaml
+
 from nornir.core import Nornir
 from nornir.core.inventory import (
-    Inventory,
-    Host,
-    Hosts,
+    ConnectionOptions,
+    Defaults,
     Group,
     Groups,
-    Defaults,
+    Host,
+    Hosts,
+    Inventory,
     ParentGroups,
-    ConnectionOptions,
 )
-from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 from nornir.core.state import GlobalState
-
-import ruamel.yaml
-import pytest
-
+from nornir.core.task import AggregatedResult, Task
 
 global_data = GlobalState(dry_run=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/core/test_InitNornir.py b/tests/core/test_InitNornir.py
index dce47dcd4..c926b634e 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_InitNornir.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_InitNornir.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import logging
 import logging.config
 import os
+
 import pytest
 
 from nornir import InitNornir
 from nornir.core.exceptions import ConflictingConfigurationWarning
-from nornir.core.inventory import Inventory, Host, Hosts, Groups, Group, Defaults
+from nornir.core.inventory import Defaults, Group, Groups, Host, Hosts, Inventory
 from nornir.core.plugins.inventory import (
     InventoryPluginRegister,
     TransformFunctionRegister,
 )
 
-
 dir_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "test_InitNornir")
 
 LOGGING_DICT = {
diff --git a/tests/core/test_configuration.py b/tests/core/test_configuration.py
index 0cd6e996e..9726a912b 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_configuration.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from nornir.core.configuration import Config
 
-
 dir_path = os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "test_configuration"
 )
diff --git a/tests/core/test_connections.py b/tests/core/test_connections.py
index fb54e33d2..b18eb2acb 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_connections.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_connections.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
+import pytest
+
 from nornir.core.configuration import Config
-from nornir.core.plugins.connections import ConnectionPluginRegister
 from nornir.core.exceptions import (
     ConnectionAlreadyOpen,
     ConnectionNotOpen,
     PluginAlreadyRegistered,
     PluginNotRegistered,
 )
-
-import pytest
+from nornir.core.plugins.connections import ConnectionPluginRegister
 
 
 class DummyConnectionPlugin:
diff --git a/tests/core/test_filter.py b/tests/core/test_filter.py
index 7599e3f67..276c56e45 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_filter.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_filter.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
-from nornir.core.filter import F, AND, OR
+
+from nornir.core.filter import AND, OR, F
 
 
 class Test(object):
diff --git a/tests/core/test_inventory.py b/tests/core/test_inventory.py
index 6a48a16b3..1d84cce4b 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_inventory.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_inventory.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import os
 
-from nornir.core import inventory
-
 import pytest
-
 import ruamel.yaml
 
+from nornir.core import inventory
 
 yaml = ruamel.yaml.YAML(typ="safe")
 dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
diff --git a/tests/core/test_registered_plugins.py b/tests/core/test_registered_plugins.py
index a35f847cf..ab2996b63 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_registered_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_registered_plugins.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
+from nornir_utils.plugins.inventory import YAMLInventory
+
 from nornir.core.plugins.inventory import InventoryPluginRegister
 from nornir.core.plugins.runners import RunnersPluginRegister
-
 from nornir.plugins.inventory import SimpleInventory
 from nornir.plugins.runners import SerialRunner, ThreadedRunner
 
-from nornir_utils.plugins.inventory import YAMLInventory
-
 
 class Test:
     def test_registered_runners(self):
diff --git a/tests/core/test_tasks.py b/tests/core/test_tasks.py
index 0f44432b1..cbd61f699 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_tasks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 
-from nornir.core.task import Result
 from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirSubTaskError
+from nornir.core.task import Result
 
 
 class CustomException(Exception):
diff --git a/tests/plugins/processors/test_threaded.py b/tests/plugins/processors/test_threaded.py
index e4fdf8bbb..38c18498f 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/processors/test_threaded.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/processors/test_threaded.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import datetime
 import time
 
-from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirExecutionError
-from nornir.plugins.runners import ThreadedRunner
-
 import pytest
 
+from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirExecutionError
+from nornir.plugins.runners import ThreadedRunner
 
 NUM_WORKERS = 20