diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63ac86a..5cd9f49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ fixable = ["I001", "B010"]
 isort.known-first-party = ["scicat-filewriter-ingest"]
 pydocstyle.convention = "numpy"
 
+[tool.ruff.lint.pycodestyle]
+max-line-length = 108  # Clear and descriptive variable names are more valuable than short lines
+
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 # those files have an increased risk of relying on import order
 "__init__.py" = ["I"]