diff --git a/.hatch_build.py b/.hatch_build.py
index a5995de..2a91d02 100644
--- a/.hatch_build.py
+++ b/.hatch_build.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ def load_about() -> dict[str, str]:
     with open(
         os.path.join(HERE, "tutordiscovery", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as f:
-        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
+        exec(f.read(), about)
     return about
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5bda776..2af4a0b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 .PHONY: docs
 SRC_DIRS = ./tutordiscovery ./tests
-BLACK_OPTS = --exclude templates ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 # Warning: These checks are run on every PR.
-test: test-lint test-types test-format test-unit  # Run some static checks.
+test: test-lint test-types test-format test-unit test-pythonpackage  # Run some static checks.
 
 test-format: ## Run code formatting tests.
-	black --check --diff $(BLACK_OPTS)
+	ruff format --check --diff ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 test-lint: ## Run code linting tests
-	pylint --errors-only --enable=unused-import,unused-argument --ignore=templates --ignore=docs/_ext ${SRC_DIRS}
+	ruff check ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 test-types: ## Run type checks.
 	mypy --exclude=templates --ignore-missing-imports --implicit-reexport --strict ${SRC_DIRS}
@@ -18,11 +17,17 @@ test-types: ## Run type checks.
 test-unit: ## Run unit tests
 	python -m unittest discover tests
 
-format: ## Format code automatically.
-	black $(BLACK_OPTS)
+build-pythonpackage: ## Build the "tutor-discovery" python package for upload to pypi
+	python -m build --sdist
 
-isort: ## Sort imports. This target is not mandatory because the output may be incompatible with black formatting. Provided for convenience purposes.
-	isort --skip=templates ${SRC_DIRS}
+test-pythonpackage: build-pythonpackage ## Test that package can be uploaded to pypi
+	twine check dist/tutor_discovery-$(shell make version).tar.gz
+
+format: ## Format code automatically.
+	ruff format ${SRC_DIRS}
+
+fix-lint: ## Fix lint errors automatically
+	ruff check --fix ${SRC_DIRS}
 
 changelog-entry: ## Create a new changelog entry.
 	scriv create
@@ -30,6 +35,9 @@ changelog-entry: ## Create a new changelog entry.
 changelog: ## Collect changelog entries in the CHANGELOG.md file.
 	scriv collect
 
+version: ## Print the current tutor-discovery version
+	@python -c 'import io, os; about = {}; exec(io.open(os.path.join("tutordiscovery", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8").read(), about); print(about["__version__"])'
+
 ESCAPE = 
 help: ## Print this help.
 	@grep -E '^([a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*|######* .+)$$' Makefile \
diff --git a/changelog.d/20250808_142901_muhammad.labeeb_release.md b/changelog.d/20250808_142901_muhammad.labeeb_release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d482d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20250808_142901_muhammad.labeeb_release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- [Improvement] Migrate from pylint and black to ruff. (by @mlabeeb03)
+- [Improvement] Test python package distribution build when running make test. (by @mlabeeb03)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb61078..d4bad74 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
   "tutor[dev]>=20.0.0,<21.0.0", 
-  "pylint", 
-  "black"
+  "ruff", 
 ]
 
 # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/well-known-project-urls/#well-known-labels
@@ -65,5 +64,21 @@ exclude = ["tests*"]
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["tutordiscovery"]
 
+[tool.ruff]
+exclude = ["templates", "docs/_ext"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+# E: pycodestyle errors
+# I: isort
+# N: pep8-naming
+select = ["E", "I", "N"]
+
+# F401: unused-import
+# F841: unused-variable
+# W292: missing-newline-at-end-of-file
+extend-select = ["F401", "F841", "W292"]
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+
 [project.entry-points."tutor.plugin.v1"]
 discovery = "tutordiscovery.plugin"
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 0a2f766..6d62121 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UtilsTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @patch("subprocess.run")
     def test_is_docker_rootless_podman(self, mock_run: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Test the `is_docker_rootless` when podman is used or any other error with `docker info`"""
+        """Test the `is_docker_rootless` when podman is used or any other error with `docker info`"""  # noqa: E501
         utils.is_docker_rootless.cache_clear()
         mock_run.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "docker info")
         self.assertFalse(utils.is_docker_rootless())
diff --git a/tutordiscovery/plugin.py b/tutordiscovery/plugin.py
index a1a58fc..26bf367 100644
--- a/tutordiscovery/plugin.py
+++ b/tutordiscovery/plugin.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ APP_NAME = "discovery"
 config: t.Dict[str, t.Dict[str, t.Any]] = {
     "defaults": {
         "VERSION": __version__,
-        "DOCKER_IMAGE": "{{ DOCKER_REGISTRY}}overhangio/openedx-discovery:{{ DISCOVERY_VERSION }}",
+        "DOCKER_IMAGE": "{{ DOCKER_REGISTRY}}overhangio/openedx-discovery:{{ DISCOVERY_VERSION }}",  # noqa: E501
         "HOST": "discovery.{{ LMS_HOST }}",
         "INDEX_OVERRIDES": {},
         "MYSQL_DATABASE": "discovery",