diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock b/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock
index 0d2159c03..d4fb77c26 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock
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 [[package]]
@@ -3521,4 +3521,4 @@ tests-strict = ["pytest (==4.6.0)", "pytest (==6.2.5)", "pytest-cov (==3.0.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "f1414a5dedc7f9375c4011eb902a3c16668e5d0347d14d1d2e47732335e366b0"
+content-hash = "8ccc6307f33b6d383f76991da9a4cffff0b40967b5b4b862e577ced1bc92d8c1"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
index 4d5dc0163..b7cd8bf84 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mypy = ">=0.961"
 typeguard = "^4"
 xdoctest = {extras = ["colors"], version = "^1.2.0"}
 pre-commit = "^4.0.1"
-ruff = "^0.5.5"
+ruff = "^0.8.1"
 
 pytest-random-order = "^1.1.0"
 pytest-flask = "^1.2.0"