diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d64ac0c4..1585f54c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/pyt-team/TopoNetX"
 repository="https://github.com/pyt-team/TopoNetX"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py310"
 extend-include = ["*.ipynb"]
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
@@ -103,12 +102,12 @@ ignore = [
     "PERF203", # allow try-except within loops
 ]
 
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"__init__.py" = ["F403"]
+
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
 
-[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
-"__init__.py" = ["F403"]
-
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "toponetx.__version__"}