diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b251f5c4..71363fbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Lint
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -6,11 +7,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
-  # Concurrency group that uses the workflow name and PR number if available
-  # or commit SHA as a fallback. If a new build is triggered under that
-  # concurrency group while a previous build is running it will be canceled.
-  # Repeated pushes to a PR will cancel all previous builds, while multiple
-  # merges to master will not cancel.
+  # Concurrency configuration to cancel previous runs on the same branch/PR,
+  # ensuring only the latest commit is tested.
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
@@ -19,31 +17,43 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10']
+        # Select a stable, modern Python version for running lint tools
+        python-version: ['3.10'] 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          # Optimization: Cache Poetry path and setup automatically using setup-python
+          cache: 'poetry'
 
-      - name: Install poetry
-        run: make poetry-download
-
-      - name: Set up cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        # Optimization: Use a dedicated action for faster and cleaner Poetry setup
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
         with:
-          path: |
-            .venv
-            ~/.cache/pre-commit
-          key: venv-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('poetry.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          # Lock to a specific stable version of Poetry for consistency
+          version: 1.8.0 
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Configure and Install Python Dependencies
+        # Poetry installs dependencies based on poetry.lock. We use --no-root 
+        # as the lint job primarily needs dependencies, not the project itself installed.
         run: |
           poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
-          make install
+          poetry install --no-root
 
-      - name: Lint
-        run: |
-          make pre-commit
+      - name: Set up Pre-Commit Cache
+        # Cache for pre-commit hooks themselves, independent of Python dependencies.
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          # Key depends only on the config file defining the hooks
+          key: pre-commit-v1-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            pre-commit-v1-
+
+      - name: Run Pre-Commit Hooks
+        # Run pre-commit within the poetry environment to ensure local dependencies are used
+        run: poetry run pre-commit run --all-files