diff --git a/pooch/tests/test_core.py b/pooch/tests/test_core.py
index 13972054..6423d423 100644
--- a/pooch/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/pooch/tests/test_core.py
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ def test_check_availability_on_ftp(ftpserver):
 def test_check_availability_invalid_downloader():
     "Should raise an exception if the downloader doesn't support this"
 
-    def downloader(url, output, pooch):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def downloader(url, output, pooch):  # noqa: ARG001
         "A downloader that doesn't support check_only"
         return None
 
diff --git a/pooch/tests/test_utils.py b/pooch/tests/test_utils.py
index 77ea647d..83713a32 100644
--- a/pooch/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/pooch/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def mockmakedirs(path, exist_ok=False):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 def test_local_storage_makedirs_permissionerror(monkeypatch):
     "Should warn the user when can't create the local data dir"
 
-    def mockmakedirs(path, exist_ok=False):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def mockmakedirs(path, exist_ok=False):  # noqa: ARG001
         "Raise an exception to mimic permission issues"
         raise PermissionError("Fake error")
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def test_local_storage_newfile_permissionerror(monkeypatch):
     # This is a separate function because there should be a warning if the data
     # dir already exists but we can't write to it.
 
-    def mocktempfile(**kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def mocktempfile(**kwargs):  # noqa: ARG001
         "Raise an exception to mimic permission issues"
         raise PermissionError("Fake error")