diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
index f3c3a0451..9e154a9b4 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ deps =
     black
 commands =
     black --quiet --check --diff src/ examples/ tests/
-    ruff src/ examples/ tests/
+    ruff check src/ examples/ tests/
 
 [pytest]
 timeout = 300
diff --git a/python/tox.ini b/python/tox.ini
index 2bcba7e95..04b589b67 100644
--- a/python/tox.ini
+++ b/python/tox.ini
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ deps =
     restructuredtext_lint 
 commands =
     black --quiet --check --diff setup.py src/deltachat examples/ tests/
-    ruff src/deltachat tests/ examples/
+    ruff check src/deltachat tests/ examples/
     rst-lint --encoding 'utf-8' README.rst
 
 [testenv:mypy]