diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 821aaa5b5..c24f42564 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: poetry
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install --only=format
+        run: poetry install --only=lint
 
       - name: Check code formatting
         # the job output will contain colored diffs with what needs adjusting
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a41758897..477cf9cc0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.2.0
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.6.6
     hooks:
-      - id: black
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.13.2
-    hooks:
-      - id: isort
-        name: isort (python)
+      - id: ruff-format
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index e54076ba0..911090f17 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -274,14 +274,13 @@ There are a few coding conventions we use in beets:
 Style
 -----
 
-We follow `black`_ formatting and `google's docstring format`_.
+We use `ruff`_ to format and lint the codebase.
 
-Use ``poe check-format`` and ``poe lint`` to check your code for style and
+Run ``poe check-format`` and ``poe lint`` to check your code for style and
 linting errors. Running ``poe format`` will automatically format your code
 according to the specifications required by the project.
 
-.. _black: https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
-.. _google's docstring format: https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#38-comments-and-docstrings
+.. _ruff: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/
 
 Handling Paths
 --------------
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b7e46d71e..bca5609d9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -110,52 +110,6 @@ charset-normalizer = ["charset-normalizer"]
 html5lib = ["html5lib"]
 lxml = ["lxml"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "black"
-version = "24.8.0"
-description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:09cdeb74d494ec023ded657f7092ba518e8cf78fa8386155e4a03fdcc44679e6"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:81c6742da39f33b08e791da38410f32e27d632260e599df7245cccee2064afeb"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:707a1ca89221bc8a1a64fb5e15ef39cd755633daa672a9db7498d1c19de66a42"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d6417535d99c37cee4091a2f24eb2b6d5ec42b144d50f1f2e436d9fe1916fe1a"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:fb6e2c0b86bbd43dee042e48059c9ad7830abd5c94b0bc518c0eeec57c3eddc1"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:837fd281f1908d0076844bc2b801ad2d369c78c45cf800cad7b61686051041af"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:62e8730977f0b77998029da7971fa896ceefa2c4c4933fcd593fa599ecbf97a4"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:72901b4913cbac8972ad911dc4098d5753704d1f3c56e44ae8dce99eecb0e3af"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:7c046c1d1eeb7aea9335da62472481d3bbf3fd986e093cffd35f4385c94ae368"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:649f6d84ccbae73ab767e206772cc2d7a393a001070a4c814a546afd0d423aed"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:2b59b250fdba5f9a9cd9d0ece6e6d993d91ce877d121d161e4698af3eb9c1018"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:6e55d30d44bed36593c3163b9bc63bf58b3b30e4611e4d88a0c3c239930ed5b2"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:505289f17ceda596658ae81b61ebbe2d9b25aa78067035184ed0a9d855d18afd"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp38-cp38-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:b19c9ad992c7883ad84c9b22aaa73562a16b819c1d8db7a1a1a49fb7ec13c7d2"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1f13f7f386f86f8121d76599114bb8c17b69d962137fc70efe56137727c7047e"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:f490dbd59680d809ca31efdae20e634f3fae27fba3ce0ba3208333b713bc3920"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:eab4dd44ce80dea27dc69db40dab62d4ca96112f87996bca68cd75639aeb2e4c"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp39-cp39-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:3c4285573d4897a7610054af5a890bde7c65cb466040c5f0c8b732812d7f0e5e"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9e84e33b37be070ba135176c123ae52a51f82306def9f7d063ee302ecab2cf47"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:73bbf84ed136e45d451a260c6b73ed674652f90a2b3211d6a35e78054563a9bb"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:972085c618ee94f402da1af548a4f218c754ea7e5dc70acb168bfaca4c2542ed"},
-    {file = "black-24.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2500945420b6784c38b9ee885af039f5e7471ef284ab03fa35ecdde4688cd83f"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-click = ">=8.0.0"
-mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
-packaging = ">=22.0"
-pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
-platformdirs = ">=2"
-tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
-d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)", "aiohttp (>=3.7.4,!=3.9.0)"]
-jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
-uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "blinker"
 version = "1.8.2"
@@ -924,23 +878,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "iniconfig-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d91e135bf72d31a410b17c16da610a82cb55f6b0477d1a902134b24a455b8b3"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "isort"
-version = "5.13.2"
-description = "A Python utility / library to sort Python imports."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "isort-5.13.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8ca5e72a8d85860d5a3fa69b8745237f2939afe12dbf656afbcb47fe72d947a6"},
-    {file = "isort-5.13.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:48fdfcb9face5d58a4f6dde2e72a1fb8dcaf8ab26f95ab49fab84c2ddefb0109"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-colorama = {version = ">=0.4.6", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"colors\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-colors = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itsdangerous"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1687,17 +1624,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "packaging-24.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:026ed72c8ed3fcce5bf8950572258698927fd1dbda10a5e981cdf0ac37f4f002"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pathspec"
-version = "0.12.1"
-description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "pathspec-0.12.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a0d503e138a4c123b27490a4f7beda6a01c6f288df0e4a8b79c7eb0dc7b4cc08"},
-    {file = "pathspec-0.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a482d51503a1ab33b1c67a6c3813a26953dbdc71c31dacaef9a838c4e29f5712"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pillow"
 version = "10.4.0"
@@ -3206,4 +3132,4 @@ web = ["flask", "flask-cors"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4"
-content-hash = "40aa1c95a4d1f17e50ce3514f729b104ec9a3bd61ed164a2f937613cb9ed2330"
+content-hash = "b3eb66c6852cb14afcbe817619ea9ecea699e838885d8e9719f2809eb708bcc3"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69f4bf70a..9f8552261 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ rarfile = "*"
 requests_oauthlib = "*"
 responses = ">=0.3.0"
 
-[tool.poetry.group.format.dependencies]
-isort = { version = "<5.14", extras = ["colors"] }
-black = ">=24.3,<25"
-
 [tool.poetry.group.lint.dependencies]
 ruff = ">=0.6.4"
 
@@ -153,24 +149,6 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 poethepoet = ">=0.26"
 poetry = ">=1.8"
 
-# We use a default path '.' to make black and isort behave like ruff and
-# mypy do: they act on the entire codebase (ruff does it by default, and
-# mypy follows our configuration) by default. Positional command-line arguments
-# override this. Therefore, locally you can run `poe check-format <some-path>`
-# to quickly check a specific path.
-#
-# Note: both tools respect .gitignore, therefore if we see them format
-# something unwanted locally, we should add these paths to .gitignore.
-[tool.poe.tasks._black]
-help = "Run black"
-cmd = "black $OPTS $path"
-args = { path = { help = "Path to blacken", positional = true, multiple = true, default = "." } }
-
-[tool.poe.tasks._isort]
-help = "Run isort"
-cmd = "isort $OPTS $path"
-args = { path = { help = "Path to isort", positional = true, multiple = true, default = "." } }
-
 [tool.poe.tasks.bump]
 help = "Bump project version and update relevant files"
 cmd = "python ./extra/release.py bump $version"
@@ -186,8 +164,7 @@ cmd = "make -C docs linkcheck"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.check-format]
 help = "Check the code for style issues"
-ref = "format"
-env.OPTS = "--check --diff --color"
+cmd = "ruff format --check --diff"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.check-types]
 help = "Check the code for typing issues. Accepts mypy options."
@@ -199,9 +176,7 @@ cmd = "make -C docs html"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.format]
 help = "Format the codebase"
-ignore_fail = "return_non_zero"
-sequence = ["_black $path", "_isort $path"]
-args = { path = { help = "Path to format", positional = true, multiple = true, default = "." } }
+cmd = "ruff format"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.lint]
 help = "Check the code for linting issues. Accepts ruff options."
@@ -248,17 +223,6 @@ done
 """
 interpreter = "zsh"
 
-[tool.black]
-line-length = 80
-target-version = ["py38", "py39", "py310", "py311"]
-
-[tool.isort]
-profile = "black"
-py_version = 38
-multi_line_output = 3
-line_length = 80
-indent = 4
-
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py38"
 line-length = 80