diff --git a/cpematcher/core.py b/cpematcher/core.py
index e60d1a8..46f5130 100644
--- a/cpematcher/core.py
+++ b/cpematcher/core.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.version_end_including = Version(version_end_including)
         self.version_end_excluding = Version(version_end_excluding)
 
-    def matches(self, another_cpe):
+    def matches(self, another_cpe):  # noqa: C901
         """Verify if `another_cpe` matches, first through field comparison and
         then using the border constraints.
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class CPEOperation:
 
     def _get_value(self, cpe_dict, key):
         for k in self.VERSION_MAP[key]:
-            if k in cpe_dict.keys():
+            if k in cpe_dict:
                 return cpe_dict[k]
 
         return None
diff --git a/cpematcher/utils.py b/cpematcher/utils.py
index 6ce9f32..6939ddd 100644
--- a/cpematcher/utils.py
+++ b/cpematcher/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import contextlib
+
+
 # heavily inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/21882672
 def split_cpe_string(string):
     ret = []
@@ -5,11 +8,9 @@ def split_cpe_string(string):
     itr = iter(string)
     for ch in itr:
         if ch == "\\":
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(StopIteration):
                 # skip the next character; it has been escaped!
                 current.append(next(itr))
-            except StopIteration:
-                pass
         elif ch == ":":
             # split! (add current to the list and reset it)
             ret.append("".join(current))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f1bffa4..bda6886 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,3 +30,37 @@ pre-commit = "^3.5.0"
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py311"
+
+select = [
+  "C90",    # mccabe
+  "C4",     # flake8-comprehensions
+  "COM818", # flake8-commas; trailing-comma-on-bare-tuple
+  "E",      # pycodestyle (errors)
+  "F",      # pyflakes
+  "I",      # isort
+  "ISC",    # flake8-implicit-str-concats
+  "PIE",    # flake8-pie
+  "RUF",    # ruff's own lints
+  "SIM",    # flake8-simplify
+  "UP",     # pyupgrade
+  "W",      # pycodestyle (warnings)
+]
+
+ignore = [
+  "E501",    # line-too-long: Let black handle line length violations
+  "RUF012",  # mutable-class-default: Wants to annotate things like `__mapper_args__` with `ClassVar`, producing noise
+]
+
+# Do not remove unused imports automatically in __init__.py files
+ignore-init-module-imports = true
+
+[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
+"*/__init__.py" = [
+  "F401"
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.mccabe]
+max-complexity = 5