diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94746db1f46b2e09a1af6b237279ae5d4c1b1f56..faf505edd65bc1045f2a3fd35d1f3059cbda9516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *venv*
 __pycache__
 bot
+.ruff_cache
+.pytest_cache
 
 ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/output/
 ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/integration/inventory
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c205f96db82f8425c41dfad2649cb9f9143f4aa4..6224baa15283e8b330f9f103838d0e92d9bee639 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .RUNNER_TAGS: &RUNNER_TAGS
   tags:
     - gitlab-org-docker
-  image: "python:3.9.18-slim-bullseye"
+  image: "python:3.11.7-slim-bookworm"
 
 stages:
   - lint
@@ -13,22 +13,25 @@ ansible-test-sanity:
     extends:
       - .RUNNER_TAGS
     stage: lint
+    before_script:
+        - apt-get update
+        - apt-get install --yes locales locales-all
+        - apt-get --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes install git shellcheck
     script:
-        - apt-get update && apt-get install git -y
         - python3 -m pip install -r ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/requirements.txt
         - cd ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg
         - echo "ready to run sanity tests"
-        - ansible-test sanity --python 3.9
+        - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ansible-test sanity --venv
 
 test-job:
     extends:
       - .RUNNER_TAGS
     stage: test
     script:
-      - apt-get update && apt-get install git -y
+      - apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes install git
       - python3 -m pip install -r ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/requirements.txt
       - cd ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg
-      - ansible-test units --venv --python 3.9 --coverage --requirements
+      - ansible-test units --venv --coverage --requirements
       - ansible-test integration --coverage --requirements
       - ansible-test coverage xml
       - ansible-test coverage html
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ ansible-galaxy-build:
       - .RUNNER_TAGS
     stage: build
     script:
-        - apt-get update && apt-get install git -y
+        - apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests --yes install git
         - python3 -m pip install -r ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/requirements.txt
         - ansible-galaxy collection build ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg
     artifacts:
@@ -60,5 +63,7 @@ ansible-galaxy-build:
     extends:
       - .RUNNER_TAGS
     stage: build
+    needs:
+      - ansible-galaxy-build
     script:
       - echo "not implemented"
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 6b5d8521838c644ebb59d3a8b90e3b940f0a78fe..e092c13034beebeeed5c4cc3099f356c6db3d241 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
     "recommendations": [
-        "redhat.vscode-yaml",
-        "redhat.ansible"
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "ms-python.pylint",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "redhat.ansible",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5e3999b8c06d0189e7ce1e080f27e9777e470983..5c0b11610760c217463bd9f11f0729d9cd3c4164 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
-  "python.linting.pylamaEnabled": true,
-  "python.linting.enabled": true,
   "git.ignoreLimitWarning": true,
   "yaml.format.enable": false,
   "yaml.format.bracketSpacing": false,
   "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["ansible_collections"],
   "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+  "python.linting.enabled": true,
   "cSpell.enabled": false,
   "[python]": {
-    "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter"
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff",
   }
 }
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a1b51b08bc358456be2b92e15cd4ca4df6b348c5..460afae5c9703e20ef9159438f2ff405ca602050 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The sections below outline the steps in each case.
     ansible-test integration --coverage --requirements
     ```
 1. Add your own tests (if necessary).
-1. Confirm that everything is formatted using [Black](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
+1. Confirm that everything is formatted using [Ruff](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/).
 1. Update the documentation.
 1. Push your feature branch to the repository.
 1. Create a Merge Request;
diff --git a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/galaxy.yml b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/galaxy.yml
index d54edf1f88e4b7e1a0f7e90175d41b3a10db600d..b85e630c9a07b1dbfc78872046d17af4ce028c4b 100644
--- a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/galaxy.yml
+++ b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/galaxy.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,10 @@ issues: https://gitlab.com/PRTG/prtg-ansible/-/issues
 # uses 'fnmatch' to match the files or directories. Some directories and files like 'galaxy.yml', '*.pyc', '*.retry',
 # and '.git' are always filtered
 build_ignore: []
+
+# A dict controlling use of manifest directives used in building the collection artifact. The key 'directives' is a
+# list of MANIFEST.in style
+# L(directives,https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/using-manifest-in/#manifest-in-commands). The key
+# 'omit_default_directives' is a boolean that controls whether the default directives are used. Mutually exclusive
+# with 'build_ignore'
+# manifest: null
diff --git a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/meta/runtime.yml b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/meta/runtime.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2fe301c6b297df526fdaff54e491ab728887fca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+# Collections must specify a minimum required ansible version to upload
+# to galaxy
+requires_ansible: '>=2.9.10'
+
+# Content that Ansible needs to load from another location or that has
+# been deprecated/removed
+# plugin_routing:
+#   action:
+#     redirected_plugin_name:
+#       redirect: ns.col.new_location
+#     deprecated_plugin_name:
+#       deprecation:
+#         removal_version: "4.0.0"
+#         warning_text: |
+#           See the porting guide on how to update your playbook to
+#           use ns.col.another_plugin instead.
+#     removed_plugin_name:
+#       tombstone:
+#         removal_version: "2.0.0"
+#         warning_text: |
+#           See the porting guide on how to update your playbook to
+#           use ns.col.another_plugin instead.
+#   become:
+#   cache:
+#   callback:
+#   cliconf:
+#   connection:
+#   doc_fragments:
+#   filter:
+#   httpapi:
+#   inventory:
+#   lookup:
+#   module_utils:
+#   modules:
+#   netconf:
+#   shell:
+#   strategy:
+#   terminal:
+#   test:
+#   vars:
+
+# Python import statements that Ansible needs to load from another location
+# import_redirection:
+#   ansible_collections.ns.col.plugins.module_utils.old_location:
+#     redirect: ansible_collections.ns.col.plugins.module_utils.new_location
+
+# Groups of actions/modules that take a common set of options
+# action_groups:
+#   group_name:
+#     - module1
+#     - module2
diff --git a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c03a6886633f1349a6034e94868163326c7037c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/sanity/ignore-2.16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+plugins/modules/device_pause.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license # ignore license check
+plugins/modules/device_resume.py validate-modules:missing-gplv3-license # ignore license check
diff --git a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/unit/requirements.txt b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/unit/requirements.txt
index 996dd8885591820c5c108b65c4a6df56f72158f5..76756c66373d8d99f9e57134bf8b19df7baeb2c5 100644
--- a/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/unit/requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible_collections/paessler/prtg/tests/unit/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest==7.1.3
+pytest==7.4.4
 mock==4.0.3
 epdb
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7df8d66142e9397f384575c61ad5a2e0d7730415..961f62a1cf12a2ed16e43244ca32d26344b35811 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-ansible-core==2.15.4
-ansible-lint==6.20.1
-ansible==8.4.0
-black==23.9.1
-connexion==2.14.2
-openapi-spec-validator==0.6.0
-pylama==8.4.1
-pytest==7.4.2
+# common requirements file. in many cases we only need ansible
+ansible-core==2.16.2
+ansible-lint==6.22.1
+ansible==9.1.0
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d34d2f88dcf0647b7fe702a9a6aad1d50ceb62af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This requirements file contains packages needed for development
+# include default requirements
+-r requirements.txt
+connexion==3.0.5
+openapi-spec-validator==0.7.1
+pylint==3.0.3
+pytest==7.4.4
+ruff==0.1.11