diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03d0feb..45cc279 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## [unreleased] --
 
 * Added changelog to docs
+* removed ruff's target-version from pyproject.toml, this value defaults to the
+  projects requires-python
 
 ## [2.3.1] -- 2024-07-06
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 532d2af..c51e644 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ addopts = """
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 79
-target-version = "py310"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [