diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 137435656..0e9e81ea8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ tests =
     pytest-timeout==2.1.0
     filelock==3.8.0
     # pylint requirements
-    pylint==2.14.5
+    pylint==2.15.0
     # we use this to suppress pytest-related false positives in our tests.
     pylint-pytest==1.1.2
     # we use this to suppress some messages in tests, eg: foo/bar naming,
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/conftest.py b/tests/func/experiments/conftest.py
index cffecfb10..cc115ee8e 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/conftest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 import pytest
 
 from tests.func.test_repro_multistage import COPY_SCRIPT
-from tests.unit.repo.experiments.conftest import test_queue  # noqa
+from tests.unit.repo.experiments.conftest import (  # noqa pylint disable=unused-argument
+    test_queue,
+)
 
 DEFAULT_ITERATIONS = 2
 CHECKPOINT_SCRIPT_FORMAT = dedent(