diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5ad5101c01..3e7ed6936b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ ignore = "D413, D416, D203, D107, D213"
 profile = "black"
 force_grid_wrap = 1
 
+[tool.ruff]
+extend-exclude = [
+    "source/3rdparty/**",
+]
+
 [tool.ruff.format]
 docstring-code-format = true
 
@@ -397,10 +402,6 @@ ignore = [
     "D404", # TODO: first word of the docstring should not be This
 ]
 
-exclude = [
-    "source/3rdparty/**",
-]
-
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"