diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_client.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_client.yaml
index e179d307b..f6139dce1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_client.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_client.yaml
@@ -84,5 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Install tox
         run: pip install tox
-      - name: Run tox
-        run: tox
+      - name: Lint
+        run: tox run -e lint
+      - name: Unit
+        run: tox run -e unit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tics.yml b/.github/workflows/tics.yml
index 74e9926df..cb8c5c51b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tics.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y pipx pkgconf libssl-dev build-essential
+          sudo apt-get install -y pipx pkgconf python3-maturin libssl-dev build-essential
 
       # Client
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build (client)
         working-directory: client
         run: cargo build --all-features
+      - name: Install (client pybindings)
+        working-directory: client
+        run: pip install . --break-system-packages
 
       # Server
       - name: Set up uv
diff --git a/client/.gitignore b/client/.gitignore
index f3d5d011e..8b4aad15e 100644
--- a/client/.gitignore
+++ b/client/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.profraw
 *.profdata
 coverage*
+.tox/
+.ruff_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.venv/
diff --git a/client/CONTRIBUTING.md b/client/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4d8ffbf48..44d7005d0 100644
--- a/client/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/client/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ sudo snap connect hwctl:system-observe
 ## Use Python Bindings
 
 The `hwlib` library can be used in Python code as well. We're using the
-[`pyo3`][pyo3] library to create Python bindings; to build them, you need to
-have [`maturin`][maturin] installed on your system. It requires a virtual
-environment to be configured to work with it:
+[`pyo3`][pyo3] library to create Python bindings and [`maturin`][maturin] to
+build the Python library. It requires a virtual environment to be configured to
+work with it:
 
 ```shell
-virtualenv venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install maturin
-maturin develop --features pybindings
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install .
 ```
 
 Now you can use the library in your Python code. The library requires root
diff --git a/client/pyproject.toml b/client/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..493e1f974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.9,<2.0"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[tool.maturin]
+features = ["pybindings"]
diff --git a/client/tox.ini b/client/tox.ini
index 3dd94fe61..e201b693a 100644
--- a/client/tox.ini
+++ b/client/tox.ini
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py
-skipsdist = true
+env_list = format, lint, unit
 
+[testenv:format]
+description = Apply coding standards to code
+deps =
+    ruff
+commands =
+    ruff check --fix
+    ruff format
 
-[testenv]
+[testenv:lint]
+description = Check code against coding stle standards
 deps =
-    black
     ruff
+commands =
+    ruff check
+    ruff format --check
+
+[testenv:unit]
+description = Run unit tests
+deps =
     pytest
-    maturin
-commands_pre =
-    {envbindir}/maturin develop --features pybindings
 commands =
-    {envbindir}/python -m black --check pytests/
-    {envbindir}/python -m ruff check pytests/
-    {envbindir}/python -m pytest pytests/
+    pytest pytests