diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3e71440..1eb645c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
         types: [python]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-    rev: pylint-2.5.2
+    rev: 'v2.17.7'
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ repos:
             "deprecation",
             "aio-pika~=6.6,<6.8.2",
             "pamqp~=2.0",
-            "pyyaml~=5.1",
+            "pyyaml~=6.0",
             "pytest~=5.4",
             "pytest-notebook",
             "pika",
@@ -53,10 +53,16 @@ repos:
             "--disable=duplicate-code",
             "--disable=import-outside-toplevel",
             "--disable=missing-docstring",
-            "--disable=bad-continuation",
             "--disable=locally-disabled",
             "--disable=too-few-public-methods",
             "--disable=too-many-arguments",
             "--disable=too-many-instance-attributes",
+            "--disable=unspecified-encoding",
+            "--disable=consider-using-with",
+            "--disable=no-else-raise",
+            "--disable=raise-missing-from",
+            "--disable=not-async-context-manager",
+            "--disable=superfluous-parens",
+            "--disable=use-list-literal",
           ]
         exclude: *exclude_files
diff --git a/kiwipy/rmq/communicator.py b/kiwipy/rmq/communicator.py
index e90a05f..e9fa721 100644
--- a/kiwipy/rmq/communicator.py
+++ b/kiwipy/rmq/communicator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# pylint: disable=cyclic-import
 import asyncio
 from functools import partial
 import copy
diff --git a/kiwipy/rmq/tasks.py b/kiwipy/rmq/tasks.py
index c9ab467..bb24794 100644
--- a/kiwipy/rmq/tasks.py
+++ b/kiwipy/rmq/tasks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# pylint: disable=cyclic-import
 import asyncio
 import collections
 import contextlib
diff --git a/kiwipy/rmq/threadcomms.py b/kiwipy/rmq/threadcomms.py
index cfe3e0f..c503efb 100644
--- a/kiwipy/rmq/threadcomms.py
+++ b/kiwipy/rmq/threadcomms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# pylint: disable=cyclic-import
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import concurrent.futures
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ def __init__(
         "replacement and the class should be reinstantiated if it's been closed."
     )
     def start(self):
-        # pylint: disable=no-self-use
         raise DeprecationWarning(
             'This method was deprecated in v0.6.0 and will be removed in 0.7.0.  There is no '
             "replacement and the class should be reinstantiated if it's been closed."
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 33f10c0..587797e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             'sphinx',
             'sphinx-autobuild',
         ],
-        'pre-commit': ['pre-commit~=2.2', 'pylint==2.5.2'],
+        'pre-commit': ['pre-commit~=2.2'],
         'rmq': ['aio-pika~=6.6,<6.8.2', 'pamqp~=2.0', 'pyyaml~=6.0'],
         'tests': [
             'coverage',