diff --git a/arraycontext/__init__.py b/arraycontext/__init__.py
index c40117e857853b6978e1634f97a9508de50307be..1c2ae4518f562e2d4917522e00a0ac9a57df7180 100644
--- a/arraycontext/__init__.py
+++ b/arraycontext/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 An array context is an abstraction that helps you dispatch between multiple
 implementations of :mod:`numpy`-like :math:`n`-dimensional arrays.
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 __copyright__ = """
diff --git a/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py b/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
index ae9ab486a1fa1629db419cb8e228ab1bb8196be2..9495b3445954eeeb7e357c33dc49ef79006c5cc0 100644
--- a/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
+++ b/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 .. currentmodule:: arraycontext
 .. autofunction:: dataclass_array_container
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 __copyright__ = """
diff --git a/arraycontext/context.py b/arraycontext/context.py
index 398f8aa3d8a2f8c6444e17551e363b66040548db..f6dc70bfe65144c625f184558de6dedca4bc4847 100644
--- a/arraycontext/context.py
+++ b/arraycontext/context.py
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ Canonical locations for type annotations
     :canonical: arraycontext.ArrayOrContainerOrScalarT
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol, TypeAlias, TypeVar, Union
 from warnings import warn
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -204,14 +207,14 @@ class Array(Protocol):
         ...
 
     @property
-    def dtype(self) -> "np.dtype[Any]":
+    def dtype(self) -> np.dtype[Any]:
         ...
 
     # Covering all the possible index variations is hard and (kind of) futile.
     # If you'd  like to see how, try changing the Any to
     # AxisIndex = slice | int | "Array"
     # Index = AxisIndex |tuple[AxisIndex]
-    def __getitem__(self, index: Any) -> "Array":
+    def __getitem__(self, index: Any) -> Array:
         ...
 
 
@@ -220,9 +223,10 @@ Scalar = ScalarLike
 
 
 ArrayT = TypeVar("ArrayT", bound=Array)
-ArrayOrContainer = Union[Array, "ArrayContainer"]
+ArrayOrScalar: TypeAlias = "Array | ScalarLike"
+ArrayOrContainer: TypeAlias = "Array | ArrayContainer"
 ArrayOrContainerT = TypeVar("ArrayOrContainerT", bound=ArrayOrContainer)
-ArrayOrContainerOrScalar = Union[Array, "ArrayContainer", ScalarLike]
+ArrayOrContainerOrScalar: TypeAlias = "Array | ArrayContainer | ScalarLike"
 ArrayOrContainerOrScalarT = TypeVar(
         "ArrayOrContainerOrScalarT",
         bound=ArrayOrContainerOrScalar)
@@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ class ArrayContext(ABC):
 
     def zeros(self,
               shape: int | tuple[int, ...],
-              dtype: "np.dtype[Any]") -> Array:
+              dtype: np.dtype[Any]) -> Array:
         warn(f"{type(self).__name__}.zeros is deprecated and will stop "
             "working in 2025. Use actx.np.zeros instead.",
             DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ class ArrayContext(ABC):
 
     @abstractmethod
     def call_loopy(self,
-                   t_unit: "loopy.TranslationUnit",
+                   t_unit: loopy.TranslationUnit,
                    **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Array]:
         """Execute the :mod:`loopy` program *program* on the arguments
         *kwargs*.
@@ -414,7 +418,7 @@ class ArrayContext(ABC):
     @memoize_method
     def _get_einsum_prg(self,
                         spec: str, arg_names: tuple[str, ...],
-                        tagged: ToTagSetConvertible) -> "loopy.TranslationUnit":
+                        tagged: ToTagSetConvertible) -> loopy.TranslationUnit:
         import loopy as lp
         from loopy.version import MOST_RECENT_LANGUAGE_VERSION
 
diff --git a/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
index 58215617b36d33f05746f1315cbde91c2aa6ad89..6c5fb158ac8ad9aa345388aefd21dee8c4b85481 100644
--- a/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/__init__.py b/arraycontext/impl/__init__.py
index ac0e47a3b24dcf4fc519c7120757fb1b4da29079..53030a2bd2aa7c7d67dc695d8a9d73cbf1bea0d9 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/__init__.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/jax/__init__.py b/arraycontext/impl/jax/__init__.py
index 0b6cd7271557e5a616a624ba590c973086cd681d..a70cbaa2eb8c3e057a75e0325003c478a41bae32 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/jax/__init__.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/jax/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 .. currentmodule:: arraycontext
 .. autoclass:: EagerJAXArrayContext
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/jax/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/impl/jax/fake_numpy.py
index 094e8cf28d1d84f0f1f4a32035b053f9fc7f7a4a..1a4e790f910e0c6903ffc3ca85b0292b61f5a567 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/jax/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/jax/fake_numpy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/numpy/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/impl/numpy/fake_numpy.py
index f345edc96fe80760abf606238fae5b8b0c5d2dc0..582ccda9073d4820fe6755c975bcde2d3cc5fb1f 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/numpy/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/numpy/fake_numpy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
index ae340ca9341b3726a194beeb91fd3b1d49964d88..4b96e4754e4a9b8f3db949796b0b17690e687f2c 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/fake_numpy.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 .. currentmodule:: arraycontext
 .. autoclass:: PyOpenCLArrayContext
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/taggable_cl_array.py b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/taggable_cl_array.py
index 7de7611344b5af4ebe004a8e7f336bded7de6fba..39f925868a00120b52f3b48dff63c733783811d1 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/taggable_cl_array.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pyopencl/taggable_cl_array.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 .. autofunction:: to_tagged_cl_array
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class Axis(Taggable):
 
     tags: frozenset[Tag]
 
-    def _with_new_tags(self, tags: frozenset[Tag]) -> "Axis":
+    def _with_new_tags(self, tags: frozenset[Tag]) -> Axis:
         from dataclasses import replace
         return replace(self, tags=tags)
 
@@ -109,12 +110,12 @@ class TaggableCLArray(cla.Array, Taggable):
         return type(self)(None, tags=self.tags, axes=self.axes,
                           **_unwrap_cl_array(ary))
 
-    def _with_new_tags(self, tags: frozenset[Tag]) -> "TaggableCLArray":
+    def _with_new_tags(self, tags: frozenset[Tag]) -> TaggableCLArray:
         return type(self)(None, tags=tags, axes=self.axes,
                           **_unwrap_cl_array(self))
 
     def with_tagged_axis(self, iaxis: int,
-                         tags: ToTagSetConvertible) -> "TaggableCLArray":
+                         tags: ToTagSetConvertible) -> TaggableCLArray:
         """
         Returns a copy of *self* with *iaxis*-th axis tagged with *tags*.
         """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
index 952761bf6a893d51429def3fba308aa5e90e123e..e77c10913488f531fa45d31812740d6884d2e0bf 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 .. autoclass:: CompiledFunction
 .. autoclass:: FromArrayContextCompile
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ class BaseLazilyCompilingFunctionCaller:
     actx: _BasePytatoArrayContext
     f: Callable[..., Any]
     program_cache: dict[Mapping[tuple[Hashable, ...], AbstractInputDescriptor],
-                        "CompiledFunction"] = field(default_factory=lambda: {})
+                        CompiledFunction] = field(default_factory=lambda: {})
 
     # {{{ abstract interface
 
@@ -270,11 +273,11 @@ class BaseLazilyCompilingFunctionCaller:
 
     @property
     def compiled_function_returning_array_container_class(
-            self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+            self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @property
-    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     # }}}
@@ -383,11 +386,11 @@ class LazilyPyOpenCLCompilingFunctionCaller(BaseLazilyCompilingFunctionCaller):
 
     @property
     def compiled_function_returning_array_container_class(
-            self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+            self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         return CompiledPyOpenCLFunctionReturningArrayContainer
 
     @property
-    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         return CompiledPyOpenCLFunctionReturningArray
 
     def _dag_to_transformed_pytato_prg(self, dict_of_named_arrays, *, prg_id=None):
@@ -482,11 +485,11 @@ class LazilyCompilingFunctionCaller(LazilyPyOpenCLCompilingFunctionCaller):
 class LazilyJAXCompilingFunctionCaller(BaseLazilyCompilingFunctionCaller):
     @property
     def compiled_function_returning_array_container_class(
-            self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+            self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         return CompiledJAXFunctionReturningArrayContainer
 
     @property
-    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type["CompiledFunction"]:
+    def compiled_function_returning_array_class(self) -> type[CompiledFunction]:
         return CompiledJAXFunctionReturningArray
 
     def _dag_to_transformed_pytato_prg(self, dict_of_named_arrays, *, prg_id=None):
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/fake_numpy.py
index 0692eb7ea5f6e27c25067609fedfb261dded7acd..d7072855a1a3b1f0bc463bf0b7f63b0bedf6180c 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/fake_numpy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/utils.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/utils.py
index 2d624d9a0b738d6a8a8d026f9bf08dba06f46a97..c031e29b0d89f7755697ab8b30797d39063d9a6c 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/utils.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __doc__ = """
 .. autofunction:: transfer_from_numpy
 .. autofunction:: transfer_to_numpy
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ class ArgSizeLimitingPytatoLoopyPyOpenCLTarget(LoopyPyOpenCLTarget):
         self.limit_arg_size_nbytes = limit_arg_size_nbytes
 
     @memoize_method
-    def get_loopy_target(self) -> "lp.PyOpenCLTarget":
+    def get_loopy_target(self) -> lp.PyOpenCLTarget:
         from loopy import PyOpenCLTarget
         return PyOpenCLTarget(limit_arg_size_nbytes=self.limit_arg_size_nbytes)
 
diff --git a/arraycontext/loopy.py b/arraycontext/loopy.py
index da717846e3a210eed9b3111a201bec80bbad1601..d6f90783e602dbec46ff9624a2a6e62f22fbc448 100644
--- a/arraycontext/loopy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/loopy.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 .. currentmodule:: arraycontext
 .. autofunction:: make_loopy_program
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/arraycontext/metadata.py b/arraycontext/metadata.py
index 756999f7dd8be2f944705b505f5d368ecc3ebf69..5f0633f1496361d0be3283cd65974665aa073eb6 100644
--- a/arraycontext/metadata.py
+++ b/arraycontext/metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 .. autoclass:: NameHint
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 __copyright__ = """
diff --git a/arraycontext/pytest.py b/arraycontext/pytest.py
index f1f62a7181922db07c6037efa268f24f930191fc..760fc10357aaf8d04de29d1c3c237d33bf494c0c 100644
--- a/arraycontext/pytest.py
+++ b/arraycontext/pytest.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 .. autofunction:: pytest_generate_tests_for_array_contexts
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/arraycontext/transform_metadata.py b/arraycontext/transform_metadata.py
index 2e0942e95c674434af03ed3bff363aa26433d36c..ccfcfba37034e29fc487bd832f4b3078d66c2e8d 100644
--- a/arraycontext/transform_metadata.py
+++ b/arraycontext/transform_metadata.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 .. autoclass:: CommonSubexpressionTag
 .. autoclass:: ElementwiseMapKernelTag
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/arraycontext/version.py b/arraycontext/version.py
index d33045f0e9005403c5ee717cade37b7ccf9505bf..90305a22956393431afda5153ecbca4d26038df1 100644
--- a/arraycontext/version.py
+++ b/arraycontext/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from importlib import metadata
 
 
diff --git a/doc/make_numpy_coverage_table.py b/doc/make_numpy_coverage_table.py
index 19d09d4a6f19c31358110ed2284a6b4dadc297a2..1a5782e41579307e3f0e8e3504e7a122b41081d1 100644
--- a/doc/make_numpy_coverage_table.py
+++ b/doc/make_numpy_coverage_table.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Workflow:
 
     python make_numpy_support_table.py numpy_coverage.rst
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import pathlib
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0daaa2146776752c775e7496e47cd4c50858b05c..a9c1df483aea6de417a02979bb9eaf2411330c17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ extend-ignore = [
     "E221",  # multiple spaces before operator
     "E226",  # missing whitespace around arithmetic operator
     "E402",  # module-level import not at top of file
-    "UP006", # updated annotations due to __future__ import
-    "UP007", # updated annotations due to __future__ import
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-quotes]
@@ -101,6 +99,10 @@ known-local-folder = [
     "arraycontext",
 ]
 lines-after-imports = 2
+required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"doc/conf.py" = ["I002"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 python_version = "3.10"
diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index 47d8e941ca88510a97a00e7631665646d7f33442..050bfc8dd43fa3b590b6c9d5bed817eea9caadca 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2020-21 University of Illinois Board of Trustees"
 
 __license__ = """
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -216,9 +218,9 @@ def _with_actx_dofarray(ary: DOFArray, actx: ArrayContext) -> DOFArray:  # type:
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class MyContainer:
     name: str
-    mass: Union[DOFArray, np.ndarray]
+    mass: DOFArray | np.ndarray
     momentum: np.ndarray
-    enthalpy: Union[DOFArray, np.ndarray]
+    enthalpy: DOFArray | np.ndarray
 
     __array_ufunc__ = None
 
@@ -241,9 +243,9 @@ class MyContainer:
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class MyContainerDOFBcast:
     name: str
-    mass: Union[DOFArray, np.ndarray]
+    mass: DOFArray | np.ndarray
     momentum: np.ndarray
-    enthalpy: Union[DOFArray, np.ndarray]
+    enthalpy: DOFArray | np.ndarray
 
     @property
     def array_context(self):
diff --git a/test/test_pytato_arraycontext.py b/test/test_pytato_arraycontext.py
index a14df50f1bbf0456f42f3bfe0061c8cdcf8628c3..a4050380688f68b7e9c406fe55c92d0cc88631c2 100644
--- a/test/test_pytato_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_pytato_arraycontext.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 """ PytatoArrayContext specific tests"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees"
 
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index db9ed82597f876e4b619a942bf8c737cd7131266..a6aa2714f9aae335a8c80c5c14e8f31bc3ad7af8 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 """Testing for internal  utilities."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import cast
 
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2021 University of Illinois Board of Trustees"
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@ def test_pt_actx_key_stringification_uniqueness():
 
 def test_dataclass_array_container() -> None:
     from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-    from typing import Optional, Tuple  # noqa: UP035
 
     from arraycontext import Array, dataclass_array_container
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def test_dataclass_array_container() -> None:
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithStringTypes:
         x: np.ndarray
-        y: "np.ndarray"
+        y: np.ndarray
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="String annotation on field 'y'"):
         # NOTE: cannot have string annotations in container
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ def test_dataclass_array_container() -> None:
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithOptional:
         x: np.ndarray
-        y: Optional[np.ndarray]
+        y: np.ndarray | None
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Field 'y' union contains non-array"):
         # NOTE: cannot have wrapped annotations (here by `Optional`)
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ def test_dataclass_array_container() -> None:
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithTuple:
         x: Array
-        y: Tuple[Array, Array]
+        y: tuple[Array, Array]
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Typing annotation not supported on field 'y'"):
         dataclass_array_container(ArrayContainerWithTuple)
@@ -131,7 +133,6 @@ def test_dataclass_array_container() -> None:
 
 def test_dataclass_container_unions() -> None:
     from dataclasses import dataclass
-    from typing import Union
 
     from arraycontext import Array, dataclass_array_container
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def test_dataclass_container_unions() -> None:
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithUnion:
         x: np.ndarray
-        y: Union[np.ndarray, Array]
+        y: np.ndarray | Array
 
     dataclass_array_container(ArrayContainerWithUnion)
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ def test_dataclass_container_unions() -> None:
     @dataclass
     class ArrayContainerWithWrongUnion:
         x: np.ndarray
-        y: Union[np.ndarray, float]
+        y: np.ndarray | float
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Field 'y' union contains non-array container"):
         # NOTE: float is not an ArrayContainer, so y should fail
@@ -217,9 +218,15 @@ def test_stringify_array_container_tree() -> None:
         extent: float
 
     rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=42)
-    a = ArrayWrapper(ary=rng.random(10))
-    d = SomeContainer(points=rng.random((2, 10)), radius=rng.random(), centers=a)
-    c = SomeContainer(points=rng.random((2, 10)), radius=rng.random(), centers=a)
+    a = ArrayWrapper(ary=cast(Array, rng.random(10)))
+    d = SomeContainer(
+              points=cast(Array, rng.random((2, 10))),
+              radius=rng.random(),
+              centers=a)
+    c = SomeContainer(
+              points=cast(Array, rng.random((2, 10))),
+              radius=rng.random(),
+              centers=a)
     ary = SomeOtherContainer(
         disk=d, circle=c,
         has_disk=True,