diff --git a/tools/run-lint b/tools/run-lint
index 445e985312c..5dc338f2a3a 100755
--- a/tools/run-lint
+++ b/tools/run-lint
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This file runs flake8 for compatibility's sake. As soon as we move off python 3.6, this should be changed to use ruff.
+
 CR="
 "
 pycheck_dirs=( "cloudinit/" "tests/" "tools/"  "setup.py" )
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ else
    files=( "$@" )
 fi
 
-cmd=( "python3" -m "ruff" "${files[@]}" )
+cmd=( "python3" -m "flake8" "${files[@]}" )
 
 echo "Running: " "${cmd[@]}" 1>&2
 exec "${cmd[@]}"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c1c31886c81..5f01a9a8f6d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ isort==5.10.1
 mypy==0.950
 pylint==2.13.9
 pytest==7.0.1
-ruff==0.0.282
+ruff==0.0.285
 types-jsonschema==4.4.2
 types-oauthlib==3.1.6
 types-passlib==1.7.7.12