diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index 18efc80..21bdc03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+        cache: pip
+
+    - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+        key: pre-commit-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: style & lint checks
       run: |
-        pre-commit run --all-files
+        pre-commit run --all-files --color=always
 
     - name: pytest and coverage
       run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dba4f25..eb69216 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 23.3.0
+  rev: 23.9.1
   hooks:
     - id: black
       language_version: python3
       # temp exlude osrm: black fails to reformat for some reason
       args: [routingpy, tests, --exclude, routingpy/routers/mapbox_osrm.py]
-- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  rev: 5.0.4  # pick a git hash / tag to point to
+- repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
+  rev: v0.0.290
   hooks:
-    - id: flake8
+    - id: ruff
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 5.11.5
+  rev: 5.12.0
   hooks:
     - id: isort
       name: isort (python)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c68166..e11e9c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,3 +66,44 @@ skip = [
     "build",
     "dist",
 ]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+# Enable the pycodestyle (`E`) and Pyflakes (`F`) rules by default.
+# Unlike Flake8, Ruff doesn't enable pycodestyle warnings (`W`) or
+# McCabe complexity (`C901`) by default.
+select = ["E", "F"]
+ignore = ["E203", "E266", "E501", "F403", "E722", "F405"]
+
+# Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
+exclude = [
+    ".bzr",
+    ".direnv",
+    ".eggs",
+    ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
+    ".hg",
+    ".mypy_cache",
+    ".nox",
+    ".pants.d",
+    ".pytype",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".svn",
+    ".tox",
+    ".venv",
+    "__pypackages__",
+    "_build",
+    "buck-out",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    "node_modules",
+    "venv",
+    "__pycache__",
+    "docs",
+    "examples",
+]
+per-file-ignores = {}
+
+line-length = 105
+
+# Allow unused variables when underscore-prefixed.
+dummy-variable-rgx = "^(_+|(_+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?))$"