diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5c075ba..d7fd31f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
-          environment-file: conda/dev.yaml
+          environment-file: conda/release.yaml
           channels: conda-forge,nodefaults
           activate-environment: makim
           use-mamba: true
diff --git a/.makim.yaml b/.makim.yaml
index 69099f3..be1a277 100644
--- a/.makim.yaml
+++ b/.makim.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ groups:
       app: |
         npx --yes \
         -p semantic-release \
+        -p conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits \
         -p "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer" \
         -p "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator" \
         -p "@semantic-release/changelog" \
         -p "@semantic-release/exec" \
         -p "@semantic-release/github" \
         -p "@semantic-release/git" \
-        -p "@google/semantic-release-replace-plugin" \
+        -p "semantic-release-replace-plugin@1.2.7" \
         semantic-release
 
     targets:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 598be92..4958a8f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ repos:
 
   - repo: local
     hooks:
-    - id: blue
-      name: blue
-      entry: blue
+    - id: ruff-format
+      name: ruff-format
+      entry: ruff format
       exclude: |
         (?x)(
           docs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ repos:
       types:
         - python
 
-    - id: ruff
-      name: ruff
+    - id: ruff-linter
+      name: ruff-linter
       entry: ruff check
       language: system
       exclude: "docs/"
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ repos:
       types:
         - python
 
-    - id: isort
-      name: isort
-      entry: isort
-      language: system
-      pass_filenames: true
-      types:
-        - python
-
     - id: mypy
       name: mypy
       entry: mypy
@@ -47,7 +39,6 @@ repos:
       types:
         - python
 
-
     - id: bandit
       name: bandit
       entry: bandit
@@ -59,20 +50,10 @@ repos:
 
     - id: vulture
       name: vulture
-      entry: vulture
+      entry: vulture --min-confidence 80
       language: system
       files: "makim/"
       description: Find unused Python code.
       pass_filenames: true
       types:
         - python
-
-    - id: pydocstyle
-      name: pydocstyle
-      entry: pydocstyle
-      exclude: ^$
-      files: "makim/"
-      language: system
-      pass_filenames: true
-      types:
-        - python
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index 14d91bb..799aa19 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
   "branches": ["main"],
   "tagFormat": "${version}",
   "plugins": [
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     [
-      "@google/semantic-release-replace-plugin",
+      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer", {
+        "preset": "conventionalcommits"
+    }],
+    [
+      "semantic-release-replace-plugin",
       {
         "replacements": [
           {
diff --git a/conda/dev.yaml b/conda/dev.yaml
index cd6d3e4..37f7eb9 100644
--- a/conda/dev.yaml
+++ b/conda/dev.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - python 3.8.1  # min version supported
   - poetry >=1.5
-  - nodejs  # used by semantic-release
diff --git a/conda/release.yaml b/conda/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a92f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: makim
+channels:
+  - nodefaults
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python >=3.8.1,<3.12  # min version supported
+  - poetry >=1.5
+  - nodejs >=18.17  # used by semantic-release
diff --git a/makim/cli.py b/makim/cli.py
index e1b441d..5912245 100644
--- a/makim/cli.py
+++ b/makim/cli.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
+
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from makim import Makim, __version__
diff --git a/makim/makim.py b/makim/makim.py
index a0bc31a..5492b70 100644
--- a/makim/makim.py
+++ b/makim/makim.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+
 from copy import deepcopy
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
@@ -18,11 +19,16 @@
 import dotenv
 import sh
 import yaml  # type: ignore
+
 from colorama import Fore
 from jinja2 import Template
 
 from makim.errors import MakimError
 
+SCOPE_GLOBAL = 0
+SCOPE_GROUP = 1
+SCOPE_TARGET = 2
+
 
 def escape_template_tag(v: str) -> str:
     """Escape template tag when processing the template config file."""
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ def _change_group_data(self, group_name=None):
             self.group_name = group_name
         shell_app_default = self.global_data.get('shell', 'xonsh')
         if self.group_name == 'default' and len(groups) == 1:
-            group = list(groups)[0]
+            group = next(iter(groups))
             self.group_data = groups[group]
 
             shell_app = self.group_data.get('shell', shell_app_default)
@@ -174,8 +180,8 @@ def _load_config_data(self):
         with open(self.makim_file, 'r') as f:
             # escape template tags
             content = escape_template_tag(f.read())
-            f = io.StringIO(content)
-            self.global_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            content_io = io.StringIO(content)
+            self.global_data = yaml.safe_load(content_io)
 
     def _load_shell_app(self, shell_app: str = ''):
         if not shell_app:
@@ -219,19 +225,19 @@ def _render_env_inplace(
         env = deepcopy(dict(os.environ))
         variables: dict = {}
 
-        if scope_id >= 0:
+        if scope_id >= SCOPE_GLOBAL:
             env_user = self.global_data.get('env', {})
             env_file = self._load_dotenv(self.global_data)
             _render_env_inplace(env_user, env_file, variables, env)
             variables.update(self._load_scoped_vars('global', env=env))
 
-        if scope_id >= 1:
+        if scope_id >= SCOPE_GROUP:
             env_user = self.group_data.get('env', {})
             env_file = self._load_dotenv(self.group_data)
             _render_env_inplace(env_user, env_file, variables, env)
             variables.update(self._load_scoped_vars('group', env=env))
 
-        if scope_id == 2:
+        if scope_id == SCOPE_TARGET:
             env_user = self.target_data.get('env', {})
             env_file = self._load_dotenv(self.target_data)
             _render_env_inplace(env_user, env_file, variables, env)
@@ -247,21 +253,21 @@ def _load_scoped_vars(self, scope: str, env) -> dict:
 
         variables = {}
 
-        if scope_id >= 0:
+        if scope_id >= SCOPE_GLOBAL:
             variables.update(
                 {
                     k: v.strip()
                     for k, v in self.global_data.get('vars', {}).items()
                 }
             )
-        if scope_id >= 1:
+        if scope_id >= SCOPE_GROUP:
             variables.update(
                 {
                     k: v.strip()
                     for k, v in self.group_data.get('vars', {}).items()
                 }
             )
-        if scope_id == 2:
+        if scope_id == SCOPE_TARGET:
             variables.update(
                 {
                     k: v.strip()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9764bdb..0482e25 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ colorama = ">=0.4.6"
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 containers-sugar = "1.9.0"
 pytest = ">=7"
-blue = ">=0.9.1"
-isort = ">=5"
 pre-commit = ">=3"
 mypy = ">=1"
 pytest-cov = ">=3.0.0"
@@ -63,10 +61,9 @@ mkdocs-literate-nav = ">=0.4.1"
 mkdocs-macros-plugin = ">=0.6.3"
 mkdocs-material = ">=8"
 mkdocstrings = {version=">=0.19.0", extras=["python"]}
-ruff = ">=0.0.278"
+ruff = ">=0.1.5"
 bandit = ">=1.7.5"
 vulture = ">=2.7"
-pydocstyle = ">=6.3.0"
 compose-go = ">=2.20.2"
 
 [build-system]
@@ -78,24 +75,40 @@ testpaths = [
     "tests",
 ]
 
-[tool.blue]
-line-length = 79  # this is the default
-
-[tool.isort]
-ensure_newline_before_comments = true
-line_length = 79
-multi_line_output = 3
-include_trailing_comma = true
-skip_glob = ["docs/*", "*.egg-info"]
-
 [tool.mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 79
+force-exclude = true
+src = ["./makim", "./tests"]
+ignore = ["RUF012"]
 exclude = [
   "docs",
 ]
+select = [
+  "E",   # pycodestyle
+  "F",   # pyflakes
+  "D",   # pydocstyle
+  "YTT", # flake8-2020
+  "PL",  # PL
+  "RUF", # Ruff-specific rules
+  "I001", # isort
+]
+# fixable = ["I001"]
+fix = true
+
+[tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
+convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.ruff.isort]
+# Use a single line between direct and from import
+lines-between-types = 1
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+quote-style = "single"
+
 
 [tool.bandit]
 exclude_dirs = ["tests"]
diff --git a/tests/test_failure.py b/tests/test_failure.py
index 951490e..fc322b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_failure.py
+++ b/tests/test_failure.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """Tests for `makim` package."""
 import os
 import sys
+
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
 import makim
+
 from makim.errors import MakimError
 
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@
     ],
 )
 def test_failure(target, args, error_code):
+    """Test makim with expected failures."""
     makim_file = Path(__file__).parent / '.makim-unittest.yaml'
 
     m = makim.Makim()
diff --git a/tests/test_success.py b/tests/test_success.py
index 817bae0..e9b02b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_success.py
+++ b/tests/test_success.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     ],
 )
 def test_success(target, args):
+    """Test makim when expects success."""
     makim_file = Path(__file__).parent / '.makim-unittest.yaml'
 
     m = makim.Makim()