diff --git a/.darglint b/.darglint
deleted file mode 100644
index cdc16584b..000000000
--- a/.darglint
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[darglint]
-# Disable darglint checks for private functions.
-ignore_regex=^_(.*)
-ignore=DAR402
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 87bd1ef41..b173e07f0 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ ignore = D205,D212,D415,E203,W503
 # https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style.html#line-length
 max-line-length = 88
 
+# This is for pydocstyle - to allow docstrings in __init__ functions
+# This rule was used for easier migration from darglint
+# TODO: remove this rule
+allow-init-docstring=True
+
 per-file-ignores =
   # For tests, disable type annotation and docstring linting.
-  tests/*: ANN D DAR
+  tests/*: ANN D DOC
 
 # Select other tools to enable.
 
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
 
 # D enables docstrings warnings from pydocstyle.
 
-# DAR enables docstring style linting via darglint.
+# DOC enables docstring style linting via pydoclint.
 
 # F are errors reported by pyflakes, a tool which parses source files
 # and finds invalid Python code.
@@ -35,4 +40,4 @@ per-file-ignores =
 
 # W and E are warnings and errors reported by pycodestyle, which checks
 # your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8.
-select = ABS,ANN,DAR,BLK,D,E,F,I,W
+select = ABS,ANN,DOC,BLK,D,E,F,I,W
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
index d97f3a586..c55db2ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint
         run: |
-          poetry run flake8 xrpl tests snippets --darglint-ignore-regex="^_(.*)"
+          poetry run poe lint
 
       - name: Type-check
         run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7ca00e5c8..b47381159 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repos:
         types: [python]
       - id: flake8
         name: flake8
-        entry: poetry run flake8 --darglint-ignore-regex="^_(.*)"
+        entry: poetry run flake8
         language: system
         types: [python]
       - id: mypy
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 89bfea14b..262418473 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ To run linting and other checks, `xrpl-py` uses [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commi
 To run the linter:
 
 ```bash
-poetry run flake8 xrpl tests --darglint-ignore-regex="^_(.*)"
+poetry run poe lint
 ```
 
 ### Running Tests
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 19feffffe..96d989cc5 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -377,17 +377,6 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 toml = ["tomli"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darglint"
-version = "1.8.1"
-description = "A utility for ensuring Google-style docstrings stay up to date with the source code."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6,<4.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "darglint-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5ae11c259c17b0701618a20c3da343a3eb98b3bc4b5a83d31cdd94f5ebdced8d"},
-    {file = "darglint-1.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:080d5106df149b199822e7ee7deb9c012b49891538f14a11be681044f0bb20da"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "deprecated"
 version = "1.2.15"
@@ -405,6 +394,17 @@ wrapt = ">=1.10,<2"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["PyTest", "PyTest-Cov", "bump2version (<1)", "jinja2 (>=3.0.3,<3.1.0)", "setuptools", "sphinx (<2)", "tox"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "docstring-parser-fork"
+version = "0.0.9"
+description = "Parse Python docstrings in reST, Google and Numpydoc format"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "docstring_parser_fork-0.0.9-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0be85ad00cb25bf5beeb673e46e777facf0f47552fa3a7570d120ef7e3374401"},
+    {file = "docstring_parser_fork-0.0.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95b23cc5092af85080c716a6da68360f5ae4fcffa75f4a3aca5e539783cbcc3d"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "docutils"
 version = "0.20.1"
@@ -943,6 +943,44 @@ files = [
     {file = "pycryptodome-3.21.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f7787e0d469bdae763b876174cf2e6c0f7be79808af26b1da96f1a64bcf47297"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pydoclint"
+version = "0.5.11"
+description = "A Python docstring linter that checks arguments, returns, yields, and raises sections"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pydoclint-0.5.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7ea595c80a3f959defeed08752877b7b85bb4a8197df71dd79863258214b48b4"},
+    {file = "pydoclint-0.5.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:abd3e428b1b8a318cafabcbe6355d4ccf27733267b9f2645e0fb967503f5ba8b"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=8.1.0"
+docstring_parser_fork = ">=0.0.9"
+tomli = {version = ">=2.0.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+flake8 = ["flake8 (>=4)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pydoclint"
+version = "0.5.13"
+description = "A Python docstring linter that checks arguments, returns, yields, and raises sections"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+files = [
+    {file = "pydoclint-0.5.13-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ccdc587ee3de15adce1b962ff93bdf8740cfa9a2117607be28f24723e108956d"},
+    {file = "pydoclint-0.5.13.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5774acaeeb488ace1a9488bc10175025c2006379c237eb062e2ede9a206c121a"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=8.1.0"
+docstring_parser_fork = ">=0.0.9"
+tomli = {version = ">=2.0.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+flake8 = ["flake8 (>=4)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pydocstyle"
 version = "6.3.0"
@@ -1529,4 +1567,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "6b2338dda53ffd9ba9c96e975584987377cca35a12d49e0fa61e0679396d800c"
+content-hash = "1f062dc4f6974d191c273d23dfbeab80b5b2fde0f04e7ab692fb7ae94e57d2ee"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f57081b7b..a1ef55503 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ base58 = "^2.1.0"
 ECPy = "^1.2.5"
 typing-extensions = "^4.2.0"
 httpx = ">=0.18.1,<0.29.0"
-websockets = ">=11,<14"
+websockets = ">=11"
 Deprecated = "^1.2.13"
 types-Deprecated = "^1.2.9"
 pycryptodome = "^3.16.0"
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ isort = "^5.11.5"
 flake8-isort = "^6.0.0"
 flake8-annotations = "^3.1.1"
 flake8-absolute-import = "^1.0"
-darglint = "^1.5.8"
+pydoclint = [
+    { version = "<=0.5.12", python = "<3.9" },
+    { version = "^0.5.13", python = ">=3.9" }
+]
 sphinx-rtd-theme = "^3.0.2"
 aiounittest = "^1.4.0"
 coverage = "^7.2.7"
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ precision = 2
 [tool.poe.tasks]
 test_unit = "coverage run -m unittest discover tests/unit"
 test_integration = "coverage run -m unittest discover tests/integration"
+lint = "poetry run flake8 xrpl tests snippets"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.test]
 cmd = "python3 -m unittest ${FILE_PATHS}"
diff --git a/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/serialized_type.py b/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/serialized_type.py
index cb78b778a..c6bdec6c0 100644
--- a/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/serialized_type.py
+++ b/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/serialized_type.py
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ class SerializedType(ABC):
     """The base class for all binary codec field types."""
 
     def __init__(self: Self, buffer: bytes = bytes()) -> None:
-        """Construct a new SerializedType."""
+        """
+        Construct a new SerializedType.
+
+        Args:
+            buffer: The buffer containing the data for the SerializedType.
+        """
         self.buffer = buffer
 
     @classmethod
@@ -86,5 +91,10 @@ def to_hex(self: Self) -> str:
         return self.buffer.hex().upper()
 
     def __len__(self: Self) -> int:
-        """Get the length of a SerializedType's bytes."""
+        """
+        Get the length of a SerializedType's bytes.
+
+        Returns:
+            The number of bytes.
+        """
         return len(self.buffer)
diff --git a/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/st_object.py b/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/st_object.py
index 9c43d92a2..e8c6dd12a 100644
--- a/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/st_object.py
+++ b/xrpl/core/binarycodec/types/st_object.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ def _handle_xaddress(field: str, xaddress: str) -> Dict[str, Union[str, int]]:
     return {field: classic_address}
 
 
+# all of these fields have enum values that are used for serialization
+# converts the string name to the corresponding enum code
 def _str_to_enum(field: str, value: str) -> Union[str, int]:
-    # all of these fields have enum values that are used for serialization
-    # converts the string name to the corresponding enum code
     if field == "TransactionType":
         return get_transaction_type_code(value)
     if field == "TransactionResult":
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ def _str_to_enum(field: str, value: str) -> Union[str, int]:
     return value
 
 
+# reverse of the above function
 def _enum_to_str(field: str, value: int) -> Union[str, int]:
-    # reverse of the above function
     if field == "TransactionType":
         return get_transaction_type_name(value)
     if field == "TransactionResult":