diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a506df..4729bb7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ dev-pylint = [
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 9.0.2",
-  "pylint == 3.3.8", # We need this to check for the examples
+  "pylint == 4.0.5", # We need this to check for the examples
   "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.16.0",
   "pytest-mock == 3.15.1",
   "pytest-asyncio == 1.3.0",
diff --git a/src/frequenz/client/assets/electrical_component/_electrical_component_proto.py b/src/frequenz/client/assets/electrical_component/_electrical_component_proto.py
index 3c5f77d..4e2e916 100644
--- a/src/frequenz/client/assets/electrical_component/_electrical_component_proto.py
+++ b/src/frequenz/client/assets/electrical_component/_electrical_component_proto.py
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ def component_base_from_proto_with_issues(
     )
 
 
+# This function is just a big match statement to dispatch to the right component
+# class based on the category and subcategory, so it's fine to have many branches
+# here.
+# pylint: disable-next=too-many-branches
 def electrical_component_from_proto_with_issues(
     message: electrical_components_pb2.ElectricalComponent,
     *,