diff --git a/dapr/aio/clients/grpc/client.py b/dapr/aio/clients/grpc/client.py
index 8d274e3cf..e44c5f69b 100644
--- a/dapr/aio/clients/grpc/client.py
+++ b/dapr/aio/clients/grpc/client.py
@@ -1548,6 +1548,12 @@ async def wait(self, timeout_s: float):
         Args:
             timeout_s (float): timeout in seconds
         """
+        warn(
+            'The wait method is deprecated. A health check is now done automatically on client '
+            'initialization.',
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
 
         start = time.time()
         while True:
diff --git a/dapr/clients/grpc/client.py b/dapr/clients/grpc/client.py
index 252ad73f8..2d65d1755 100644
--- a/dapr/clients/grpc/client.py
+++ b/dapr/clients/grpc/client.py
@@ -1525,6 +1525,12 @@ def wait(self, timeout_s: float):
         Args:
             timeout_s (float): timeout in seconds
         """
+        warn(
+            'The wait method is deprecated. A health check is now done automatically on client '
+            'initialization.',
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
         start = time.time()
         while True:
             with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 3fb98ece2..158667256 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ pyOpenSSL>=23.2.0
 # needed for type checking
 Flask>=1.1
 # needed for auto fix
-ruff>=0.1.11
+ruff===0.2.2
 # needed for dapr-ext-workflow
 durabletask>=0.1.1a1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d6a972ffc..39b40a5d5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:ruff]
 basepython = python3
 usedevelop = False
-deps = ruff
+deps = ruff==0.2.2
 commands =
     ruff format