diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/app.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/app.py
index 3e76c4f8f2df3..58cfb157083ce 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/app.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/app.py
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ def init_auth_manager(app: FastAPI | None = None) -> BaseAuthManager:
 
 def get_auth_manager() -> BaseAuthManager:
     """Return the auth manager, provided it's been initialized before."""
-    global auth_manager
-
     if auth_manager is None:
         raise RuntimeError(
             "Auth Manager has not been initialized yet. "
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/configuration.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/configuration.py
index 18b376ccba520..1bfbbcf62b445 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/configuration.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/configuration.py
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ def load_test_config(self):
         """
         # We need those globals before we run "get_all_expansion_variables" because this is where
         # the variables are expanded from in the configuration
-        global FERNET_KEY, AIRFLOW_HOME, JWT_SECRET_KEY
+        global FERNET_KEY, JWT_SECRET_KEY
         from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
         unit_test_config_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "config_templates" / "unit_tests.cfg"
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/logging_config.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/logging_config.py
index 0875ac9be9092..fb29b155c9417 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/logging_config.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/logging_config.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 def __getattr__(name: str):
     if name == "REMOTE_TASK_LOG":
-        global REMOTE_TASK_LOG
         load_logging_config()
         return REMOTE_TASK_LOG
 
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/plugins_manager.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/plugins_manager.py
index aa228342c1d80..5a70dbcd8f099 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/plugins_manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/plugins_manager.py
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ def is_valid_plugin(plugin_obj):
     :return: Whether or not the obj is a valid subclass of
         AirflowPlugin
     """
-    global plugins
-
     if (
         inspect.isclass(plugin_obj)
         and issubclass(plugin_obj, AirflowPlugin)
@@ -234,8 +232,6 @@ def register_plugin(plugin_instance):
 
     :param plugin_instance: subclass of AirflowPlugin
     """
-    global plugins
-
     if plugin_instance.name in loaded_plugins:
         return
 
@@ -250,8 +246,6 @@ def load_entrypoint_plugins():
 
     The entry_point group should be 'airflow.plugins'.
     """
-    global import_errors
-
     log.debug("Loading plugins from entrypoints")
 
     for entry_point, dist in entry_points_with_dist("airflow.plugins"):
@@ -271,7 +265,6 @@ def load_entrypoint_plugins():
 
 def load_plugins_from_plugin_directory():
     """Load and register Airflow Plugins from plugins directory."""
-    global import_errors
     log.debug("Loading plugins from directory: %s", settings.PLUGINS_FOLDER)
     files = find_path_from_directory(settings.PLUGINS_FOLDER, ".airflowignore")
     plugin_search_locations: list[tuple[str, Generator[str, None, None]]] = [("", files)]
@@ -373,7 +366,6 @@ def ensure_plugins_loaded():
 
 def initialize_ui_plugins():
     """Collect extension points for the UI."""
-    global plugins
     global external_views
     global react_apps
 
@@ -456,7 +448,6 @@ def _remove_list_item(lst, item):
 
 def initialize_flask_plugins():
     """Collect flask extension points for WEB UI (legacy)."""
-    global plugins
     global flask_blueprints
     global flask_appbuilder_views
     global flask_appbuilder_menu_links
@@ -496,7 +487,6 @@ def initialize_flask_plugins():
 
 def initialize_fastapi_plugins():
     """Collect extension points for the API."""
-    global plugins
     global fastapi_apps
     global fastapi_root_middlewares
 
@@ -593,7 +583,6 @@ def initialize_hook_lineage_readers_plugins():
 
 def integrate_macros_plugins() -> None:
     """Integrates macro plugins."""
-    global plugins
     global macros_modules
 
     from airflow.sdk.execution_time import macros
@@ -626,8 +615,6 @@ def integrate_macros_plugins() -> None:
 
 def integrate_listener_plugins(listener_manager: ListenerManager) -> None:
     """Add listeners from plugins."""
-    global plugins
-
     ensure_plugins_loaded()
 
     if plugins:
diff --git a/airflow-ctl-tests/tests/airflowctl_tests/conftest.py b/airflow-ctl-tests/tests/airflowctl_tests/conftest.py
index 720403e3c642d..13dacf5d8c50e 100644
--- a/airflow-ctl-tests/tests/airflowctl_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/airflow-ctl-tests/tests/airflowctl_tests/conftest.py
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ def docker_compose_up(tmp_path_factory):
 
 def docker_compose_down():
     """Tear down Docker Compose environment."""
-    global docker_client
     if docker_client:
         docker_client.compose.down(remove_orphans=True, volumes=True, quiet=True)
 
diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/prepare_providers/provider_documentation.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/prepare_providers/provider_documentation.py
index a7bc466e7aac6..e1d1a6ce85d12 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/prepare_providers/provider_documentation.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/prepare_providers/provider_documentation.py
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@ def update_release_notes(
                 return with_breaking_changes, maybe_with_new_features, False
             change_table_len = len(list_of_list_of_changes[0])
             table_iter = 0
-            global SHORT_HASH_TO_TYPE_DICT
             type_of_current_package_changes: list[TypeOfChange] = []
             while table_iter < change_table_len:
                 get_console().print()
diff --git a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/executors/batch/test_batch_executor.py b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/executors/batch/test_batch_executor.py
index 1e8e08eccefcf..363b101faebb4 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/executors/batch/test_batch_executor.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/tests/unit/amazon/aws/executors/batch/test_batch_executor.py
@@ -461,7 +461,10 @@ def test_task_retry_on_api_failure(self, _, mock_executor, caplog):
         mock_executor.attempt_submit_jobs()
         mock_executor.sync_running_jobs()
         for i in range(2):
-            assert f"Airflow task {airflow_keys[i]} has failed a maximum of {mock_executor.MAX_SUBMIT_JOB_ATTEMPTS} times. Marking as failed"
+            assert (
+                f"Airflow task {airflow_keys[i]} has failed a maximum of {mock_executor.MAX_SUBMIT_JOB_ATTEMPTS} times. Marking as failed"
+                in caplog.text
+            )
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.amazon.aws.executors.batch.batch_executor.exponential_backoff_retry")
     def test_sync_unhealthy_boto_connection(self, mock_exponentional_backoff_retry, mock_executor):
diff --git a/providers/apache/livy/tests/unit/apache/livy/operators/test_livy.py b/providers/apache/livy/tests/unit/apache/livy/operators/test_livy.py
index 2987796dcd362..da69f22cfa34a 100644
--- a/providers/apache/livy/tests/unit/apache/livy/operators/test_livy.py
+++ b/providers/apache/livy/tests/unit/apache/livy/operators/test_livy.py
@@ -554,7 +554,10 @@ def test_inject_openlineage_simple_config_wrong_transport_to_spark(
             operator.hook.TERMINAL_STATES = [BatchState.SUCCESS]
             operator.execute(MagicMock())
 
-            assert "OpenLineage transport type `console` does not support automatic injection of OpenLineage transport information into Spark properties."
+            assert (
+                "OpenLineage transport type `console` does not support automatic injection of OpenLineage transport information into Spark properties."
+                in caplog.text
+            )
         assert operator.spark_params["conf"] == {}
 
 
diff --git a/providers/apache/spark/tests/unit/apache/spark/operators/test_spark_submit.py b/providers/apache/spark/tests/unit/apache/spark/operators/test_spark_submit.py
index 7acffb447d07c..c7010a0fb835f 100644
--- a/providers/apache/spark/tests/unit/apache/spark/operators/test_spark_submit.py
+++ b/providers/apache/spark/tests/unit/apache/spark/operators/test_spark_submit.py
@@ -467,7 +467,10 @@ def test_inject_openlineage_simple_config_wrong_transport_to_spark(
             )
             operator.execute(MagicMock())
 
-            assert "OpenLineage transport type `console` does not support automatic injection of OpenLineage transport information into Spark properties."
+            assert (
+                "OpenLineage transport type `console` does not support automatic injection of OpenLineage transport information into Spark properties."
+                in caplog.text
+            )
         assert operator.conf == {
             "parquet.compression": "SNAPPY",
         }
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
index ad68c5f410d28..9408ea04ac994 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/operators/test_pod.py
@@ -2528,6 +2528,7 @@ def test_async_get_logs_should_execute_successfully(
     @patch(KUB_OP_PATH.format("extract_xcom"))
     @patch(HOOK_CLASS)
     @patch(KUB_OP_PATH.format("pod_manager"))
+    @pytest.mark.xfail
     def test_async_write_logs_should_execute_successfully(
         self, mock_manager, mocked_hook, mock_extract_xcom, post_complete_action, get_logs
     ):
@@ -2548,8 +2549,12 @@ def test_async_write_logs_should_execute_successfully(
         self.run_pod_async(k)
 
         if get_logs:
-            assert f"Container logs: {test_logs}"
+            # Note: the test below is broken and failing. Either the mock is wrong
+            # or the mocked container is not in a state that logging methods are called at-all.
+            # See https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/57515
+            assert f"Container logs: {test_logs}"  # noqa: PLW0129
             post_complete_action.assert_called_once()
+            mock_manager.return_value.read_pod_logs.assert_called()
         else:
             mock_manager.return_value.read_pod_logs.assert_not_called()
 
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/triggers/test_pod.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/triggers/test_pod.py
index 66fae2524d618..13271854da129 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/triggers/test_pod.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/triggers/test_pod.py
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_waiting_event(
         mock_hook.get_pod.return_value = self._mock_pod_result(mock.MagicMock())
         mock_method.return_value = ContainerState.WAITING
 
-        caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
 
         task = asyncio.create_task(trigger.run().__anext__())
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Container is not completed and still working."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert "Container is not completed and still working." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @mock.patch(f"{TRIGGER_PATH}._wait_for_pod_start")
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_running_event(
         mock_hook.get_pod.return_value = self._mock_pod_result(mock.MagicMock())
         mock_method.return_value = ContainerState.RUNNING
 
-        caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
 
         task = asyncio.create_task(trigger.run().__anext__())
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Container is not completed and still working."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert "Container is not completed and still working." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @mock.patch(f"{TRIGGER_PATH}._wait_for_pod_start")
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ async def test_logging_in_trigger_when_fail_should_execute_successfully(
 
         generator = trigger.run()
         await generator.asend(None)
-        assert "Container logs:"
+        assert "Waiting until 120s to get the POD scheduled..." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_bigquery_dts.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_bigquery_dts.py
index 9ce383c53c901..cba7cb58993b4 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_bigquery_dts.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_bigquery_dts.py
@@ -153,5 +153,8 @@ async def test_run_loop_is_still_running(self, mock_hook, trigger, caplog):
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert f"Current job status is: {TransferState.RUNNING}"
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert (
+            f"Current state is {TransferState.RUNNING}" in caplog.text
+            or "Current state is TransferState.RUNNING" in caplog.text
+        )
+        assert f"Waiting for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds" in caplog.text
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataflow.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataflow.py
index 1312a1dfb2aca..bf8cfd05d6041 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataflow.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataflow.py
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ async def test_run_loop_is_still_running(self, mock_job_status, template_job_sta
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert f"Current job status is: {JobState.JOB_STATE_RUNNING}"
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_SLEEP} seconds."
+        assert "Current job status is: JOB_STATE_RUNNING" in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_SLEEP} seconds." in caplog.text
         # cancel the task to suppress test warnings
         task.cancel()
 
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataplex.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataplex.py
index 27ee12bb43629..084d1175f8d49 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataplex.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_dataplex.py
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@ async def test_async_dataplex_job_run_loop_is_still_running(
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert f"Current state is: {DataScanJob.State.RUNNING}, sleeping for {TEST_POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert f"Current state is: RUNNING, sleeping for {TEST_POLL_INTERVAL} seconds." in caplog.text
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_kubernetes_engine.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_kubernetes_engine.py
index 3704c5c320624..05e194a3f9735 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_kubernetes_engine.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/triggers/test_kubernetes_engine.py
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_waiting_event_should_execute_successfully(
         mock_hook.get_pod.return_value = self._mock_pod_result(mock.MagicMock())
         mock_method.return_value = ContainerState.WAITING
 
-        caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
 
         task = asyncio.create_task(trigger.run().__anext__())
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Container is not completed and still working."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert "Container is not completed and still working." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @mock.patch(f"{TRIGGER_KUB_POD_PATH}._wait_for_pod_start")
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_running_event_should_execute_successfully(
         mock_hook.get_pod.return_value = self._mock_pod_result(mock.MagicMock())
         mock_method.return_value = ContainerState.RUNNING
 
-        caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
 
         task = asyncio.create_task(trigger.run().__anext__())
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Container is not completed and still working."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds."
+        assert "Container is not completed and still working." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL} seconds." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @mock.patch(f"{TRIGGER_KUB_POD_PATH}._wait_for_pod_start")
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ async def test_logging_in_trigger_when_fail_should_execute_successfully(
 
         generator = trigger.run()
         await generator.asend(None)
-        assert "Container logs:"
+        assert "Waiting until 120s to get the POD scheduled..." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "container_state, expected_state",
@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_waiting_event_pending_status(
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Operation is still running."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL}s..."
+        assert "Operation is still running." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL}s..." in caplog.text
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     @mock.patch(f"{TRIGGER_PATH}._get_hook")
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ async def test_run_loop_return_waiting_event_running_status(
         await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
 
         assert not task.done()
-        assert "Operation is still running."
-        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL}s..."
+        assert "Operation is still running." in caplog.text
+        assert f"Sleeping for {POLL_INTERVAL}s..." in caplog.text
 
 
 class TestGKEStartJobTrigger:
diff --git a/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/operators/test_python.py b/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/operators/test_python.py
index f025d99a8525b..e9af810fc71e2 100644
--- a/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/operators/test_python.py
+++ b/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/operators/test_python.py
@@ -955,7 +955,6 @@ def f():
 
     def test_string_args(self):
         def f():
-            global virtualenv_string_args
             print(virtualenv_string_args)
             if virtualenv_string_args[0] != virtualenv_string_args[2]:
                 raise RuntimeError
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5fa1e3fbdc646..5f4c6d9bfbfe2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ extend-select = [
     # Warning (PLW) re-implemented in ruff from Pylint
     "PLW0120", # else clause on loop without a break statement; remove the else and dedent its contents
     "PLW0127", # Self-assignment of variable
+    "PLW0128", # Redeclared variable {name} in assignment
+    "PLW0129", # Asserting on an empty string literal will never pass
+    "PLW0133", # Missing raise statement on exception
+    "PLW0245", # super call is missing parentheses
+    "PLW0406", # Module {name} imports itself
+    "PLW0602", # Using global for {name} but no assignment is done
     # Per rule enables
     "RUF006", # Checks for asyncio dangling task
     "RUF015", # Checks for unnecessary iterable allocation for first element
@@ -621,7 +627,6 @@ extend-select = [
     "RET506", # Unnecessary {branch} after raise statement
     "RET507", # Unnecessary {branch} after continue statement
     "RET508", # Unnecessary {branch} after break statement
-    "PLW0133", # Missing raise statement on exception
 ]
 ignore = [
     "D100", # Unwanted; Docstring at the top of every file.
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/check_providers_subpackages_all_have_init.py b/scripts/ci/prek/check_providers_subpackages_all_have_init.py
index 3a935a963b65c..85bf55626bc73 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/check_providers_subpackages_all_have_init.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/check_providers_subpackages_all_have_init.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ def _determine_init_py_action(need_path_extension: bool, root_path: Path):
 
 
 def check_dir_init_test_folders(folders: list[Path]) -> None:
-    global should_fail
     folders = list(folders)
     for root_distribution_path in folders:
         # We need init folders for all folders and for the common ones we need path extension
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ def check_dir_init_test_folders(folders: list[Path]) -> None:
 
 
 def check_dir_init_src_folders(folders: list[Path]) -> None:
-    global should_fail
     folders = list(folders)
     for root_distribution_path in folders:
         # We need init folders for all folders and for the common ones we need path extension