diff --git a/awxkit/tox.ini b/awxkit/tox.ini
index a2a61aaeef..163a5c13bc 100644
--- a/awxkit/tox.ini
+++ b/awxkit/tox.ini
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:lint]
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
-    ruff
+    ruff~=0.16.0
 commands =
     ruff check awxkit
     - coverage erase
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 26690f8ca1..d8fdbf0d58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 # [tool.setuptools_scm]
 
 [tool.ruff]
+required-version = "~=0.16.0"
 line-length = 160
 extend-exclude = ["awx_collection"]
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index 6da3cb8758..525b9be35a 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ openapi-spec-validator  # OpenAPI 3.0 schema validation
 # pprofile - re-add once https://github.com/vpelletier/pprofile/issues/41 is addressed
 ipython>=7.31.1 # https://github.com/ansible/awx/security/dependabot/30
 unittest2
-ruff
+ruff~=0.16.0
 pytest!=7.0.0
 pytest-asyncio
 pytest-cov
diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
index 5460c31c39..708e5d4b4a 100644
--- a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ RUN dnf module -y enable nodejs:18 && dnf module -y install nodejs:18/common &&
     unzip
 
 RUN pip3.12 install -vv git+https://github.com/coderanger/supervisor-stdout.git@973ba19967cdaf46d9c1634d1675fc65b9574f6e
-RUN pip3.12 install -vv ruff setuptools-scm build
+RUN pip3.12 install -vv 'ruff~=0.16.0' setuptools-scm build
 
 # This package randomly fails to download.
 # It is nice to have in the dev env, but not necessary.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 100c0f38a4..52c1f9a6e6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ isolated_build = True
 
 [testenv:linters]
 deps =
-  ruff
+  ruff~=0.16.0
   yamllint
 allowlist_externals = make
 setenv =