diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 79b6e378..27fb3cfb 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ disable=
  too-many-locals,
  too-many-nested-blocks,
  too-many-public-methods,
+ too-many-positional-arguments,
  too-many-return-statements,
  too-many-statements,
  consider-using-set-comprehension,
diff --git a/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/idlutils.py b/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/idlutils.py
index 060d4fcb..a4b467b1 100644
--- a/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/idlutils.py
+++ b/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/idlutils.py
@@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ def circular(*items):
     if not items:
         return
     while True:
-        for x in items:
-            yield x
+        yield from items
 
 
 def merge_intersection(*sorted_gens):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7502e9d0..a92009af 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands = flake8
            bash {toxinidir}/tools/coding-checks.sh --all '{posargs}'
 deps =
   {[testenv]deps}
-  pylint==2.17.4 # GPLv2
+  pylint==3.3.0 # GPLv2
 allowlist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:venv]