diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index d490520a..835cd41e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        config: 
+        config:
           - name: x86 Mac
             runner: macos-13
           - name: Arm Mac
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pip install -e .[tests]
         pip install tantivy@git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy-py#164adc87e1a033117001cf70e38c82a53014d985
-        pip install pytest pytest-mock black
+        pip install pytest pytest-mock
     - name: Run tests
       run: pytest -m "not slow" -x -v --durations=30 tests
   pydantic1x:
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index faad44d4..290447cd 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ pytest
 To run linter and automatically fix all errors:
 
 ```bash
-black .
-isort .
+ruff format python
+ruff --fix python
 ```
 
 If any packages are missing, install them with:
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ pip install tantivy
 To run the unit tests:
 ```bash
 pytest
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 9b90f698..9a8bff72 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = ["aiohttp", "pandas>=1.4", "pytest", "pytest-mock", "pytest-asyncio", "duckdb", "pytz"]
-dev = ["ruff", "pre-commit", "black"]
+dev = ["ruff", "pre-commit"]
 docs = ["mkdocs", "mkdocs-jupyter", "mkdocs-material", "mkdocstrings[python]"]
 clip = ["torch", "pillow", "open-clip"]
 embeddings = ["openai>=1.6.1", "sentence-transformers", "torch", "pillow", "open-clip-torch", "cohere", "InstructorEmbedding"]
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ lancedb = "lancedb.cli.cli:cli"
 requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
-[tool.isort]
-profile = "black"
-
 [tool.ruff]
 select = ["F", "E", "W", "I", "G", "TCH", "PERF"]