diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3206d143e6d1..1caa7ee5d1b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ select = [
     "B", # flake8-bugbear
     "FA", # flake8-future-annotations
     "I", # isort
+    "N", # pep8-naming
     "PGH", # pygrep-hooks
     "RUF", # Ruff-specific and unused-noqa
     "UP", # pyupgrade
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ ignore = [
     # See https://github.com/python/typeshed/pull/13108
     "RUF022",
     "RUF023",
+    # Most pep8-naming rules don't apply for third-party stubs like typeshed.
+    # N811 to N814 could apply, but we often use them to disambiguate a name whilst making it look like a more common one
+    "N8",
     # Rules that are out of the control of stub authors:
     "F403", # `from . import *` used; unable to detect undefined names
     # Stubs can sometimes re-export entire modules.
diff --git a/scripts/stubsabot.py b/scripts/stubsabot.py
index aee09eb3e8a2..f121bed5f5f0 100644
--- a/scripts/stubsabot.py
+++ b/scripts/stubsabot.py
@@ -632,13 +632,13 @@ def latest_commit_is_different_to_last_commit_on_origin(branch: str) -> bool:
         return True
 
 
-class RemoteConflict(Exception):
+class RemoteConflictError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 def somewhat_safe_force_push(branch: str) -> None:
     if has_non_stubsabot_commits(branch):
-        raise RemoteConflict(f"origin/{branch} has non-stubsabot changes that are not on {branch}!")
+        raise RemoteConflictError(f"origin/{branch} has non-stubsabot changes that are not on {branch}!")
     subprocess.check_call(["git", "push", "origin", branch, "--force"])
 
 
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ async def main() -> None:
                     if isinstance(update, Obsolete):  # pyright: ignore[reportUnnecessaryIsInstance]
                         await suggest_typeshed_obsolete(update, session, action_level=args.action_level)
                         continue
-                except RemoteConflict as e:
+                except RemoteConflictError as e:
                     print(colored(f"... but ran into {type(e).__qualname__}: {e}", "red"))
                     continue
                 raise AssertionError
diff --git a/scripts/sync_protobuf/google_protobuf.py b/scripts/sync_protobuf/google_protobuf.py
index da2ced6f9fc7..1abab24c51a4 100644
--- a/scripts/sync_protobuf/google_protobuf.py
+++ b/scripts/sync_protobuf/google_protobuf.py
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ def main() -> None:
     for old_stub in STUBS_FOLDER.rglob("*_pb2.pyi"):
         old_stub.unlink()
 
-    PROTOC_VERSION = run_protoc(
+    protoc_version = run_protoc(
         proto_paths=(f"{EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR}/src",),
         mypy_out=STUBS_FOLDER,
         proto_globs=extract_proto_file_paths(temp_dir),
         cwd=temp_dir,
     )
 
-    PYTHON_PROTOBUF_VERSION = extract_python_version(temp_dir / EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR / "version.json")
+    python_protobuf_version = extract_python_version(temp_dir / EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR / "version.json")
 
     # Cleanup after ourselves, this is a temp dir, but it can still grow fast if run multiple times
     shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         "protobuf",
         extra_description=f"""Partially generated using \
 [mypy-protobuf=={MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}](https://github.com/nipunn1313/mypy-protobuf/tree/v{MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}) \
-and {PROTOC_VERSION} on \
+and {protoc_version} on \
 [protobuf v{PACKAGE_VERSION}](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v{PACKAGE_VERSION}) \
-(python `protobuf=={PYTHON_PROTOBUF_VERSION}`).""",
+(python `protobuf=={python_protobuf_version}`).""",
     )
     print("Updated protobuf/METADATA.toml")
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync_protobuf/s2clientprotocol.py b/scripts/sync_protobuf/s2clientprotocol.py
index 8f86fe5dccdd..365eb0309371 100644
--- a/scripts/sync_protobuf/s2clientprotocol.py
+++ b/scripts/sync_protobuf/s2clientprotocol.py
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ def main() -> None:
     for old_stub in STUBS_FOLDER.rglob("*_pb2.pyi"):
         old_stub.unlink()
 
-    PROTOC_VERSION = run_protoc(
+    protoc_version = run_protoc(
         proto_paths=(EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR,),
         mypy_out=STUBS_FOLDER,
         proto_globs=(f"{EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR}/s2clientprotocol/*.proto",),
         cwd=temp_dir,
     )
 
-    PYTHON_S2_CLIENT_PROTO_VERSION = extract_python_version(temp_dir / EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR / "s2clientprotocol" / "build.py")
+    python_s2_client_proto_version = extract_python_version(temp_dir / EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR / "s2clientprotocol" / "build.py")
 
     # Cleanup after ourselves, this is a temp dir, but it can still grow fast if run multiple times
     shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         "s2clientprotocol",
         extra_description=f"""Partially generated using \
 [mypy-protobuf=={MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}](https://github.com/nipunn1313/mypy-protobuf/tree/v{MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}) \
-and {PROTOC_VERSION} on \
-[s2client-proto {PYTHON_S2_CLIENT_PROTO_VERSION}](https://github.com/Blizzard/s2client-proto/tree/{PACKAGE_VERSION}).""",
+and {protoc_version} on \
+[s2client-proto {python_s2_client_proto_version}](https://github.com/Blizzard/s2client-proto/tree/{PACKAGE_VERSION}).""",
     )
     print("Updated s2clientprotocol/METADATA.toml")
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync_protobuf/tensorflow.py b/scripts/sync_protobuf/tensorflow.py
index 8328ca2c0e09..e4af065030c3 100644
--- a/scripts/sync_protobuf/tensorflow.py
+++ b/scripts/sync_protobuf/tensorflow.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     for old_stub in STUBS_FOLDER.rglob("*_pb2.pyi"):
         old_stub.unlink()
 
-    PROTOC_VERSION = run_protoc(
+    protoc_version = run_protoc(
         proto_paths=(
             f"{EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR}/third_party/xla/third_party/tsl",
             f"{EXTRACTED_PACKAGE_DIR}/third_party/xla",
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         "tensorflow",
         extra_description=f"""Partially generated using \
 [mypy-protobuf=={MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}](https://github.com/nipunn1313/mypy-protobuf/tree/v{MYPY_PROTOBUF_VERSION}) \
-and {PROTOC_VERSION} on `tensorflow=={PACKAGE_VERSION}`.""",
+and {protoc_version} on `tensorflow=={PACKAGE_VERSION}`.""",
     )
     print("Updated tensorflow/METADATA.toml")