diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index d29a3178..a461ac0b 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ exclude = [
 line-length = 88
 indent-width = 4
 
-# Assume Python 3.9
-target-version = "py311"
+# assume latest minor cpython
+target-version = "py313"
 
 [lint]
 # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.