diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/ese.py b/dissect/database/ese/ese.py
index 88ab392..9ad5ecb 100755
--- a/dissect/database/ese/ese.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/ese.py
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
 from dissect.database.ese.c_ese import c_ese, pgnoFDPMSO, ulDAEMagic
 from dissect.database.ese.exception import InvalidDatabase
 from dissect.database.ese.page import Page
-from dissect.database.ese.table import Catalog, Table
+from dissect.database.ese.table import Catalog
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
 
+    from dissect.database.ese.table import Table
+
 
 class ESE:
     """ESE database class.
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/lcmapstring.py b/dissect/database/ese/lcmapstring.py
index 97024c8..71dccba 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/lcmapstring.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/lcmapstring.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Based on Wine source
 # https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/dlls/kernelbase/locale.c
 # http://www.flounder.com/localeexplorer.htm
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import IntEnum, IntFlag
 
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/object.py b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/object.py
index 9b7ac5d..6803918 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/object.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/object.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar
 
-from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import DN, InstanceType, SystemFlags, decode_value
+from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import InstanceType, decode_value
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
     from dissect.database.ese.ntds.database import Database
     from dissect.database.ese.ntds.sd import SecurityDescriptor
+    from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import DN, SystemFlags
     from dissect.database.ese.record import Record
 
 
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/user.py b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/user.py
index 4900262..107e84e 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/user.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/objects/user.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from dissect.database.ese.ntds.objects.organizationalperson import OrganizationalPerson
-from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import SAMAccountType, UserAccountControl
+from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import UserAccountControl
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
 
     from dissect.database.ese.ntds.objects.group import Group
     from dissect.database.ese.ntds.objects.object import Object
+    from dissect.database.ese.ntds.util import SAMAccountType
 
 
 class User(OrganizationalPerson):
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/schema.py b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/schema.py
index 0d752de..8a1cd72 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/ntds/schema.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/ntds/schema.py
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ def load(self, db: Database) -> None:
         Args:
             db: The database instance to load the schema from.
         """
-
         # Load the schema entries from the DMD object
         # This _should_ have all the attribute and class schema entries
         # We used to perform an index search on objectClass (ATTc0, INDEX_00000000), but apparently
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/table.py b/dissect/database/ese/table.py
index 03ba67f..bc8a7b1 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/table.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/table.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from dissect.database.ese.cursor import RawCursor
 from dissect.database.ese.index import Index
 from dissect.database.ese.record import Record
-from dissect.database.ese.util import COLUMN_TYPE_MAP, ColumnType, RecordValue
+from dissect.database.ese.util import COLUMN_TYPE_MAP
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     from dissect.database.ese.cursor import Cursor
     from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
     from dissect.database.ese.page import Page
+    from dissect.database.ese.util import ColumnType, RecordValue
 
 
 class Table:
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/tools/sru.py b/dissect/database/ese/tools/sru.py
index 54a3cbd..6c716ca 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/tools/sru.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/tools/sru.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 from dissect.util.ts import oatimestamp, wintimestamp
 
 from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
-from dissect.database.ese.record import Record, serialise_record_column_values
+from dissect.database.ese.record import serialise_record_column_values
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
 
+    from dissect.database.ese.record import Record
     from dissect.database.ese.table import Table
     from dissect.database.ese.util import RecordValue
 
diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/tools/ual.py b/dissect/database/ese/tools/ual.py
index 9f95fc1..37f7e3a 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/tools/ual.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/tools/ual.py
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import argparse
 import datetime
 import ipaddress
 import json
-from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
 
 from dissect.util.ts import wintimestamp
 
 from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
-from dissect.database.ese.table import Table
 from dissect.database.ese.util import RecordValue
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+    from dissect.database.ese.table import Table
+
 UalValue = RecordValue | ipaddress.IPv4Address | ipaddress.IPv6Interface | tuple[datetime.datetime]
 
 SKIP_TABLES = [
diff --git a/dissect/database/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.py b/dissect/database/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.py
index 63e1a30..9393461 100644
--- a/dissect/database/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.py
+++ b/dissect/database/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ def __init__(self, sqlcipher: SQLCipher):
 
     def _read(self, offset: int, length: int) -> bytes:
         """Calculates which pages to read from based on the given offset and length. Returns decrypted bytes."""
-
         start_page = offset // self.align
         num_pages = length // self.align
         return b"".join(
@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@ def _read_page(self, page_num: int, verify_hmac: bool = False) -> bytes:
         References:
             - https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher-tools/blob/master/decrypt.c
         """
-
         if page_num < 1:
             raise ValueError("The first page number is 1")
 
@@ -294,7 +292,6 @@ class SQLCipher1(SQLCipher):
 
 def derive_key(passphrase: bytes, salt: bytes, kdf_iter: int, kdf_algo: str | None) -> bytes:
     """Derive the database key as SQLCipher would using PBKDF2."""
-
     if not kdf_iter or not kdf_algo:
         return passphrase
 
diff --git a/dissect/database/sqlite3/sqlite3.py b/dissect/database/sqlite3/sqlite3.py
index 23bfad3..06014fd 100644
--- a/dissect/database/sqlite3/sqlite3.py
+++ b/dissect/database/sqlite3/sqlite3.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     NoCellData,
 )
 from dissect.database.sqlite3.util import parse_table_columns_constraints
-from dissect.database.sqlite3.wal import WAL, Checkpoint
+from dissect.database.sqlite3.wal import WAL
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
     from typing_extensions import Self
 
+    from dissect.database.sqlite3.wal import Checkpoint
+
 ENCODING = {
     1: "utf-8",
     2: "utf-16-le",
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, description: str):
         self.default_value = self._parse_default_value_from_description(description)
 
     def _parse_default_value_from_description(self, description: str) -> bool | str | int | float | None:
-        """Find the default from the description string"""
+        """Find the default from the description string."""
         if "DEFAULT" not in description.upper():
             return None
 
@@ -275,14 +277,13 @@ def _tokenize(self, description: str) -> list[str]:
         return [x for x in tokens if x and x != " "]
 
     def _get_default_value(self, tokens: list[str]) -> str:
-        """Retrieve the default from the tokens"""
-
+        """Retrieve the default from the tokens."""
         # The +1 is to account for the space after the default
         value_index = [x.upper() for x in tokens].index("DEFAULT") + 1
         return tokens[value_index]
 
     def _parse_default_value(self, value: str) -> bool | str | int | float | None:
-        """Parses the default value
+        """Parses the default value.
 
         The value can hold an expression surrounded by ().
         This can be a literal, so these values get stripped.
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ def _parse_default_value(self, value: str) -> bool | str | int | float | None:
             return None
 
     def _parse_literal(self, value: str) -> bool | str | int | float:
-        """Tries to convert a literal from a string to any type
+        """Tries to convert a literal from a string to any type.
 
         CURRENT_(TIME|DATE|TIMESTAMP) isn't being taken into account.
         """
@@ -385,7 +386,6 @@ def _match_columns_to_values(self, columns: list[Column], values: list[Any]) ->
         If there are any cell values with unknown column names
         they get added to the unknown list.
         """
-
         row_values = {}
         unknowns = []
 
diff --git a/dissect/database/sqlite3/util.py b/dissect/database/sqlite3/util.py
index 1e20ff8..905d8d3 100644
--- a/dissect/database/sqlite3/util.py
+++ b/dissect/database/sqlite3/util.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ def parse_table_columns_constraints(sql: str) -> tuple[str | None, list[str], li
 
 def split_column_def(sql: str, column_def: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """Splits the column definition to name and constraint."""
-
     column_parts = column_def.split(maxsplit=1)
     if not column_parts:
         raise InvalidSQL(f"Not a valid CREATE TABLE definition: empty column definition in {sql!r}")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0730738..bd75c47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ select = [
   "SLOT",
   "SIM",
   "TID",
-  "TCH",
+  "TC",
   "PTH",
   "PLC",
   "TRY",
@@ -115,8 +115,25 @@ select = [
   "PERF",
   "FURB",
   "RUF",
+  "D"
 ]
-ignore = ["E203", "B904", "UP024", "ANN002", "ANN003", "ANN204", "ANN401", "SIM105", "TRY003"]
+ignore = [
+    "E203", "B904", "UP024", "ANN002", "ANN003", "ANN204", "ANN401", "SIM105", "TRY003", "PLC0415",
+    # Ignore some pydocstyle rules for now as they require a larger cleanup
+    "D1",
+    "D205",
+    "D301",
+    "D417",
+    # Seems bugged: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/16824
+    "D402",
+]
+future-annotations = true
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
+convention = "google"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-type-checking]
+strict = true
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "tests/_docs/**" = ["INP001"]
@@ -125,6 +142,7 @@ ignore = ["E203", "B904", "UP024", "ANN002", "ANN003", "ANN204", "ANN401", "SIM1
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["dissect.database"]
 known-third-party = ["dissect"]
+required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["dissect.*"]
diff --git a/tests/_docs/conf.py b/tests/_docs/conf.py
index 601c783..b6ea857 100644
--- a/tests/_docs/conf.py
+++ b/tests/_docs/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 project = "dissect.database"
 
 extensions = [
diff --git a/tests/ese/test_cursor.py b/tests/ese/test_cursor.py
index 9d19f8c..83a8f08 100644
--- a/tests/ese/test_cursor.py
+++ b/tests/ese/test_cursor.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from typing import BinaryIO
 
 from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
diff --git a/tests/ese/test_page.py b/tests/ese/test_page.py
index b99ab4e..37c7773 100644
--- a/tests/ese/test_page.py
+++ b/tests/ese/test_page.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from dissect.database.ese.c_ese import c_ese
diff --git a/tests/ese/test_record.py b/tests/ese/test_record.py
index 79dc077..12d34c6 100644
--- a/tests/ese/test_record.py
+++ b/tests/ese/test_record.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def test_parse_value_encoding(windows_search_db: BinaryIO) -> None:
     Resources:
         - https://github.com/fox-it/dissect.esedb/pull/48
     """
-
     db = ESE(windows_search_db)
     table = db.table("SystemIndex_PropertyStore")
 
diff --git a/tests/ese/test_table.py b/tests/ese/test_table.py
index 062d920..621e5f8 100644
--- a/tests/ese/test_table.py
+++ b/tests/ese/test_table.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 from dissect.database.ese.table import Table
diff --git a/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlcipher.py b/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlcipher.py
index 707763d..010eb37 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlcipher.py
+++ b/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlcipher.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ def _assert_sqlite_db(sqlite: SQLite3) -> None:
 )
 def test_decrypt_community(cipher: Callable, path_str: str, kwargs: dict) -> None:
     """Test if we can parse a SQLCipher (4.5.6 community) encrypted database."""
-
     path = absolute_path("_data/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/" + path_str)
 
     with pytest.raises(SQLCipherError, match="Decryption of SQLCipher database failed"):
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ def test_decrypt_community(cipher: Callable, path_str: str, kwargs: dict) -> Non
 
 def test_decrypt_community_plaintext_header() -> None:
     """Test if we can parse and decrypt a SQLCipher 4.5.6 database with a 32-byte plaintext header."""
-
     path = absolute_path("_data/sqlite3/encryption/sqlcipher/aes256_hmac_sha512_kdf_256000_plain_header.sqlite")
     salt = bytes.fromhex("01010101010101010101010101010101")
 
diff --git a/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlite3.py b/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlite3.py
index c2afe8f..f5caaf9 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlite3.py
+++ b/tests/sqlite3/test_sqlite3.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ def test_cell_overflow_reserved_page_size_regression() -> None:
         >>> con.commit()
         ... con.close()
     """
-
     db = sqlite3.SQLite3(absolute_path("_data/sqlite3/overflow.db"))
     assert db.header.reserved_size == 32
     assert db.header.page_size == 4096
diff --git a/tests/sqlite3/test_wal.py b/tests/sqlite3/test_wal.py
index ee27e6b..e669561 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite3/test_wal.py
+++ b/tests/sqlite3/test_wal.py
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ def test_wal_page_count() -> None:
         >>> con.commit()
         # Copy page_count.db* files before closing
     """
-
     db = sqlite3.SQLite3(absolute_path("_data/sqlite3/page_count.db"))
     table = db.table("t1")
     assert table.sql == "CREATE TABLE t1 (a, b)"