diff --git a/psutil/__init__.py b/psutil/__init__.py
index 160c813d8..eaed048b3 100644
--- a/psutil/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/__init__.py
@@ -227,19 +227,16 @@
     msg = f"version conflict: {_psplatform.cext.__file__!r} C extension "
     msg += "module was built for another version of psutil"
     if hasattr(_psplatform.cext, 'version'):
-        msg += " (%s instead of %s)" % (
-            '.'.join([x for x in str(_psplatform.cext.version)]),
-            __version__,
-        )
+        v = ".".join([x for x in str(_psplatform.cext.version)])
+        msg += f" ({v} instead of {__version__})"
     else:
         msg += f" (different than {__version__})"
-    msg += "; you may try to 'pip uninstall psutil', manually remove %s" % (
-        getattr(
-            _psplatform.cext,
-            "__file__",
-            "the existing psutil install directory",
-        )
+    what = getattr(
+        _psplatform.cext,
+        "__file__",
+        "the existing psutil install directory",
     )
+    msg += f"; you may try to 'pip uninstall psutil', manually remove {what}"
     msg += " or clean the virtual env somehow, then reinstall"
     raise ImportError(msg)
 
@@ -417,7 +414,7 @@ def __str__(self):
             if self._create_time is not None:
                 info['started'] = _pprint_secs(self._create_time)
 
-            return "%s.%s(%s)" % (
+            return "{}.{}({})".format(
                 self.__class__.__module__,
                 self.__class__.__name__,
                 ", ".join([f"{k}={v!r}" for k, v in info.items()]),
@@ -559,7 +556,7 @@ def as_dict(self, attrs=None, ad_value=None):
             attrs = set(attrs)
             invalid_names = attrs - valid_names
             if invalid_names:
-                msg = "invalid attr name%s %s" % (
+                msg = "invalid attr name{} {}".format(
                     "s" if len(invalid_names) > 1 else "",
                     ", ".join(map(repr, invalid_names)),
                 )
diff --git a/psutil/_common.py b/psutil/_common.py
index 1e8bb7959..e7c6ba3dd 100644
--- a/psutil/_common.py
+++ b/psutil/_common.py
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ def __str__(self):
         # invoked on `raise Error`
         info = self._infodict(("pid", "ppid", "name"))
         if info:
-            details = "(%s)" % ", ".join(
-                ["%s=%r" % (k, v) for k, v in info.items()]
+            details = "({})".format(
+                ", ".join([f"{k}={v!r}" for k, v in info.items()])
             )
         else:
             details = None
@@ -611,9 +611,9 @@ def deprecated_method(replacement):
     """
 
     def outer(fun):
-        msg = "%s() is deprecated and will be removed; use %s() instead" % (
-            fun.__name__,
-            replacement,
+        msg = (
+            f"{fun.__name__}() is deprecated and will be removed; use"
+            f" {replacement}() instead"
         )
         if fun.__doc__ is None:
             fun.__doc__ = msg
diff --git a/psutil/_pslinux.py b/psutil/_pslinux.py
index 531503d55..ad1e1eff2 100644
--- a/psutil/_pslinux.py
+++ b/psutil/_pslinux.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def virtual_memory():
 
     # Warn about missing metrics which are set to 0.
     if missing_fields:
-        msg = "%s memory stats couldn't be determined and %s set to 0" % (
+        msg = "{} memory stats couldn't be determined and {} set to 0".format(
             ", ".join(missing_fields),
             "was" if len(missing_fields) == 1 else "were",
         )
diff --git a/psutil/tests/__init__.py b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
index c852ead0a..10f4cd877 100644
--- a/psutil/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ def attempt(exe):
         exe = (
             attempt(sys.executable)
             or attempt(os.path.realpath(sys.executable))
-            or attempt(shutil.which("python%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2]))
+            or attempt(
+                shutil.which("python{}.{}".format(*sys.version_info[:2]))
+            )
             or attempt(psutil.Process().exe())
         )
         if not exe:
@@ -1212,7 +1214,7 @@ def _check_mem(self, fun, times, retries, tolerance):
         increase = times
         for idx in range(1, retries + 1):
             mem = self._call_ntimes(fun, times)
-            msg = "Run #%s: extra-mem=%s, per-call=%s, calls=%s" % (
+            msg = "Run #{}: extra-mem={}, per-call={}, calls={}".format(
                 idx,
                 bytes2human(mem),
                 bytes2human(mem / times),
@@ -1343,17 +1345,17 @@ def print_sysinfo():
 
     # metrics
     info['cpus'] = psutil.cpu_count()
-    info['loadavg'] = "%.1f%%, %.1f%%, %.1f%%" % (
-        tuple([x / psutil.cpu_count() * 100 for x in psutil.getloadavg()])
+    info['loadavg'] = "{:.1f}%, {:.1f}%, {:.1f}%".format(
+        *tuple([x / psutil.cpu_count() * 100 for x in psutil.getloadavg()])
     )
     mem = psutil.virtual_memory()
-    info['memory'] = "%s%%, used=%s, total=%s" % (
+    info['memory'] = "{}%%, used={}, total={}".format(
         int(mem.percent),
         bytes2human(mem.used),
         bytes2human(mem.total),
     )
     swap = psutil.swap_memory()
-    info['swap'] = "%s%%, used=%s, total=%s" % (
+    info['swap'] = "{}%%, used={}, total={}".format(
         int(swap.percent),
         bytes2human(swap.used),
         bytes2human(swap.total),
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py b/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
index 24229979c..8dd2946c1 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
@@ -135,11 +135,13 @@ def test_all(self):
                     meth(value, info)
                 except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
                     s = '\n' + '=' * 70 + '\n'
-                    s += "FAIL: name=test_%s, pid=%s, ret=%s\ninfo=%s\n" % (
-                        name,
-                        info['pid'],
-                        repr(value),
-                        info,
+                    s += (
+                        "FAIL: name=test_{}, pid={}, ret={}\ninfo={}\n".format(
+                            name,
+                            info['pid'],
+                            repr(value),
+                            info,
+                        )
                     )
                     s += '-' * 70
                     s += f"\n{traceback.format_exc()}"
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_system.py b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
index 62d49bf61..391dbbfda 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_system.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
@@ -513,8 +513,9 @@ def _test_cpu_percent(self, percent, last_ret, new_ret):
             assert percent <= 100.0 * psutil.cpu_count()
         except AssertionError as err:
             raise AssertionError(
-                "\n%s\nlast=%s\nnew=%s"
-                % (err, pprint.pformat(last_ret), pprint.pformat(new_ret))
+                "\n{}\nlast={}\nnew={}".format(
+                    err, pprint.pformat(last_ret), pprint.pformat(new_ret)
+                )
             )
 
     def test_cpu_percent(self):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6e87a5bd..fa5cd07a1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,17 +89,21 @@ ignore = [
     "TD",  # all TODOs, XXXs, etc.
     "TRY300",  # Consider moving this statement to an `else` block
     "TRY301",  # Abstract `raise` to an inner function
-    "UP031",  # [*] Use format specifiers instead of percent format
+    "UP032",  # [*] Use f-string instead of `format` call
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 # EM101 == raw-string-in-exception
-# T201 == print(), T203 == pprint()
+# EM102 == f-string-in-exception
+# EM103 == dot-format-in-exception
+# T201 == print()
+# T203 == pprint()
 # TRY003 == raise-vanilla-args
-".github/workflows/*" = ["EM102", "T201", "T203"]
-"psutil/tests/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "TRY003"]
-"scripts/*" = ["EM102", "T201", "T203"]
-"scripts/internal/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "T201", "T203", "TRY003"]
+# UP031 == Use format specifiers instead of percent format
+".github/workflows/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "EM103", "T201", "T203"]
+"psutil/tests/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "EM103", "TRY003"]
+"scripts/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "EM103", "T201", "T203", "UP031"]
+"scripts/internal/*" = ["EM101", "EM102", "EM103", "T201", "T203", "TRY003", "UP031"]
 "setup.py" = [
     "B904",  # Use ` raise from` to specify exception cause (PYTHON2.7 COMPAT)
     "C4",  # flake8-comprehensions (PYTHON2.7 COMPAT)
diff --git a/scripts/ifconfig.py b/scripts/ifconfig.py
index dfc5f5ae4..93a14b952 100755
--- a/scripts/ifconfig.py
+++ b/scripts/ifconfig.py
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ def main():
             st = stats[nic]
             print("    stats          : ", end='')
             print(
-                "speed=%sMB, duplex=%s, mtu=%s, up=%s"
-                % (
+                "speed={}MB, duplex={}, mtu={}, up={}".format(
                     st.speed,
                     duplex_map[st.duplex],
                     st.mtu,
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ def main():
             io = io_counters[nic]
             print("    incoming       : ", end='')
             print(
-                "bytes=%s, pkts=%s, errs=%s, drops=%s"
-                % (
+                "bytes={}, pkts={}, errs={}, drops={}".format(
                     bytes2human(io.bytes_recv),
                     io.packets_recv,
                     io.errin,
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ def main():
             )
             print("    outgoing       : ", end='')
             print(
-                "bytes=%s, pkts=%s, errs=%s, drops=%s"
-                % (
+                "bytes={}, pkts={}, errs={}, drops={}".format(
                     bytes2human(io.bytes_sent),
                     io.packets_sent,
                     io.errout,
diff --git a/scripts/internal/print_access_denied.py b/scripts/internal/print_access_denied.py
index dbf96f2d8..4df2e63b4 100755
--- a/scripts/internal/print_access_denied.py
+++ b/scripts/internal/print_access_denied.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def main():
     tot_perc = round((tot_ads / tot_calls) * 100, 1)
     print("-" * 50)
     print(
-        "Totals: access-denied=%s (%s%%), calls=%s, processes=%s, elapsed=%ss"
-        % (tot_ads, tot_perc, tot_calls, tot_procs, round(elapsed, 2))
+        "Totals: access-denied={} ({}%%), calls={}, processes={}, elapsed={}s"
+        .format(tot_ads, tot_perc, tot_calls, tot_procs, round(elapsed, 2))
     )
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/internal/print_dist.py b/scripts/internal/print_dist.py
index 5e2a6e598..decd12c49 100755
--- a/scripts/internal/print_dist.py
+++ b/scripts/internal/print_dist.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, path):
         self._name = os.path.basename(path)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<%s(name=%s, plat=%s, arch=%s, pyver=%s)>" % (
+        return "<{}(name={}, plat={}, arch={}, pyver={})>".format(
             self.__class__.__name__,
             self.name,
             self.platform(),
diff --git a/scripts/iotop.py b/scripts/iotop.py
index 2d92f4e2d..f56f828e5 100755
--- a/scripts/iotop.py
+++ b/scripts/iotop.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def refresh_window(procs, disks_read, disks_write):
     templ = "%-5s %-7s %11s %11s  %s"
     win.erase()
 
-    disks_tot = "Total DISK READ: %s | Total DISK WRITE: %s" % (
+    disks_tot = "Total DISK READ: {} | Total DISK WRITE: {}".format(
         bytes2human(disks_read),
         bytes2human(disks_write),
     )
diff --git a/scripts/netstat.py b/scripts/netstat.py
index b58900937..912bed9df 100755
--- a/scripts/netstat.py
+++ b/scripts/netstat.py
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ def main():
     for p in psutil.process_iter(['pid', 'name']):
         proc_names[p.info['pid']] = p.info['name']
     for c in psutil.net_connections(kind='inet'):
-        laddr = "%s:%s" % (c.laddr)
+        laddr = "{}:{}".format(*c.laddr)
         raddr = ""
         if c.raddr:
-            raddr = "%s:%s" % (c.raddr)
+            raddr = "{}:{}".format(*c.raddr)
         name = proc_names.get(c.pid, '?') or ''
         line = templ % (
             proto_map[(c.family, c.type)],
diff --git a/scripts/procinfo.py b/scripts/procinfo.py
index 963dd77da..afdda11b7 100755
--- a/scripts/procinfo.py
+++ b/scripts/procinfo.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def run(pid, verbose=False):
     print_('started', started)
 
     cpu_tot_time = datetime.timedelta(seconds=sum(pinfo['cpu_times']))
-    cpu_tot_time = "%s:%s.%s" % (
+    cpu_tot_time = "{}:{}.{}".format(
         cpu_tot_time.seconds // 60 % 60,
         str(cpu_tot_time.seconds % 60).zfill(2),
         str(cpu_tot_time.microseconds)[:2],
diff --git a/scripts/top.py b/scripts/top.py
index 03f235ec3..993f47780 100755
--- a/scripts/top.py
+++ b/scripts/top.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def get_dashes(perc):
         psutil.boot_time()
     )
     av1, av2, av3 = psutil.getloadavg()
-    line = " Load average: %.2f %.2f %.2f  Uptime: %s" % (
+    line = " Load average: {:.2f} {:.2f} {:.2f}  Uptime: {}".format(
         av1,
         av2,
         av3,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def refresh_window(procs, procs_status):
         # is expressed as: "mm:ss.ms"
         if p.dict['cpu_times'] is not None:
             ctime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=sum(p.dict['cpu_times']))
-            ctime = "%s:%s.%s" % (
+            ctime = "{}:{}.{}".format(
                 ctime.seconds // 60 % 60,
                 str(ctime.seconds % 60).zfill(2),
                 str(ctime.microseconds)[:2],
diff --git a/scripts/who.py b/scripts/who.py
index 64a948107..094c4fd1c 100755
--- a/scripts/who.py
+++ b/scripts/who.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
             user.name,
             user.terminal or '-',
             datetime.fromtimestamp(user.started).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"),
-            "(%s)" % user.host if user.host else "",
+            f"({user.host or ''})",
             proc_name,
         )
         print(line)
diff --git a/scripts/winservices.py b/scripts/winservices.py
index 6ff240c1d..7df589459 100755
--- a/scripts/winservices.py
+++ b/scripts/winservices.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
     for service in psutil.win_service_iter():
         info = service.as_dict()
         print(f"{info['name']!r} ({info['display_name']!r})")
-        s = "status: %s, start: %s, username: %s, pid: %s" % (
+        s = "status: {}, start: {}, username: {}, pid: {}".format(
             info['status'],
             info['start_type'],
             info['username'],