diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 0bb1b61..cf4fbf0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ lint = ["_black_check", "_ruff_check", "_ruff_check_nb"]
 _poetry_install_sort_plugin = "poetry self add poetry-plugin-sort"
 _poetry_sort = "poetry sort"
 clean-nbs = "python docs/nbstripout.py"
-format = ["_black_format", "_ruff_format", "_ruff_format_nb", "_poetry_install_sort_plugin", "_poetry_sort"]
+format = ["_ruff_format", "_ruff_format_nb", "_black_format", "_poetry_install_sort_plugin", "_poetry_sort"]
 _autogen_rst = "python docs/autogen_rst.py"
 _sphinx_build = "sphinx-build -W -b html docs docs/_build"
 _jb_generate_toc = "python docs/create_toc.py"