diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 41ee828436..3a90ca97a5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,25 @@ repos:
         name: pip-compile-dev
         args: [--extra=dev, --output-file=requirements-dev.txt]
         files: ^pyproject.toml$
-  - repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
-    rev: v2.0.4
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 23.12.0
     hooks:
-      - id: autopep8
-        name: autopep8
+      - id: black
+        name: black
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: 5.12.0
+    rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         name: isort (python)
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: pylint
+        name: pylint
+        entry: pylint
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+        args:
+          [
+            "-rn", # Only display messages
+            "-sn", # Don't display the score
+          ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd380f51e6..8165c57617 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit~=3.6.0",
     "ansible-core~=2.16.2",
     "isort",
-    "autopep8",
     "mypy",
+    "black",
+    "pylint",
+    "jsonref",
 ]
 
 [build-system]
@@ -39,10 +41,9 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["acto"]
 
-[tool.autopep8]
-max_line_length = 80
-aggressive = 3
-experimental = true
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 80
+target-version = ["py310", "py311"]
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2e122afba5..42ab49808f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --extra=dev --output-file=requirements-dev.txt
 #
+aiohttp==3.9.1
+    # via black
+aiosignal==1.3.1
+    # via aiohttp
 annotated-types==0.6.0
     # via pydantic
 ansible-core==2.16.2
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
+astroid==3.0.2
+    # via pylint
+async-timeout==4.0.3
+    # via aiohttp
 attrs==23.1.0
-    # via jsonschema
-autopep8==2.0.4
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   jsonschema
+black==23.12.0
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 build==1.0.3
     # via pip-tools
@@ -27,7 +37,9 @@ cfgv==3.4.0
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
-    # via pip-tools
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pip-tools
 coverage[toml]==7.3.3
     # via
     #   coverage
@@ -36,6 +48,8 @@ cryptography==41.0.7
     # via ansible-core
 deepdiff==6.3.1
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
+dill==0.3.7
+    # via pylint
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via virtualenv
 docker==6.1.3
@@ -46,32 +60,50 @@ exrex==0.11.0
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 filelock==3.13.1
     # via virtualenv
+frozenlist==1.4.1
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   aiosignal
 google-auth==2.25.2
     # via kubernetes
 identify==2.5.33
     # via pre-commit
 idna==3.6
-    # via requests
+    # via
+    #   requests
+    #   yarl
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 isort==5.13.2
-    # via acto (pyproject.toml)
+    # via
+    #   acto (pyproject.toml)
+    #   pylint
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via ansible-core
 jsonpatch==1.33
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 jsonpointer==2.4
     # via jsonpatch
+jsonref==1.1.0
+    # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 jsonschema==4.17.3
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 kubernetes==26.1.0
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 markupsafe==2.1.3
     # via jinja2
+mccabe==0.7.0
+    # via pylint
+multidict==6.0.4
+    # via
+    #   aiohttp
+    #   yarl
 mypy==1.7.1
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
-    # via mypy
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   mypy
 nodeenv==1.8.0
     # via pre-commit
 numpy==1.26.2
@@ -83,15 +115,21 @@ ordered-set==4.1.0
 packaging==23.2
     # via
     #   ansible-core
+    #   black
     #   build
     #   docker
     #   pytest
 pandas==2.0.3
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
+pathspec==0.12.1
+    # via black
 pip-tools==7.3.0
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 platformdirs==4.1.0
-    # via virtualenv
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pylint
+    #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.3.0
     # via pytest
 pre-commit==3.6.0
@@ -104,14 +142,14 @@ pyasn1==0.5.1
     #   rsa
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
     # via google-auth
-pycodestyle==2.11.1
-    # via autopep8
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
 pydantic==2.5.2
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 pydantic-core==2.14.5
     # via pydantic
+pylint==3.0.3
+    # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
     # via build
 pyrsistent==0.20.0
@@ -154,15 +192,20 @@ tabulate==0.9.0
     # via acto (pyproject.toml)
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via
-    #   autopep8
+    #   black
     #   build
     #   coverage
     #   mypy
     #   pip-tools
+    #   pylint
     #   pyproject-hooks
     #   pytest
+tomlkit==0.12.3
+    # via pylint
 typing-extensions==4.9.0
     # via
+    #   astroid
+    #   black
     #   mypy
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
@@ -181,6 +224,8 @@ websocket-client==1.7.0
     #   kubernetes
 wheel==0.42.0
     # via pip-tools
+yarl==1.9.4
+    # via aiohttp
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip