diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43067e34af..b9abfed6ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ serve-docs = "mkdocs serve"
 
 [tool.rye.workspace]
 members = ["rye-devtools"]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+# the .rye folder is added by the rye github action
+exclude = [".rye", ".venv"]