diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 6eedc8683..929471725 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -12,24 +12,19 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist=
 # locally-disabled - it spams too much
 # duplicate-code - unavoidable
 # cyclic-import - doesn't test if both import on load
-# abstract-class-little-used - prevents from setting right foundation
 # abstract-class-not-used - is flaky, should not show up but does
 # unused-argument - generic callbacks and setup methods create a lot of warnings
-# redefined-variable-type - this is Python, we're duck typing!
 # too-many-* - are not enforced for the sake of readability
 # too-few-* - same as too-many-*
 # abstract-method - with intro of async there are always methods missing
 disable=
   format,
-  abstract-class-little-used,
   abstract-method,
   cyclic-import,
   duplicate-code,
   locally-disabled,
   no-else-return,
-  no-self-use,
   not-context-manager,
-  redefined-variable-type,
   too-few-public-methods,
   too-many-arguments,
   too-many-branches,
diff --git a/requirements_tests.txt b/requirements_tests.txt
index 2624c62de..03e779eaa 100644
--- a/requirements_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements_tests.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ flake8-docstrings==1.6.0
 flake8==4.0.1
 pre-commit==2.19.0
 pydocstyle==6.1.1
-pylint==2.13.9
+pylint==2.14.3
 pytest-aiohttp==0.3.0
 pytest-asyncio==0.12.0 # NB!: Versions over 0.12.0 breaks pytest-aiohttp (https://github.com/aio-libs/pytest-aiohttp/issues/16)
 pytest-cov==3.0.0