diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 59022eb950..bf926e6026 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -220,4 +220,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Analysing the code with pylint
         run: |
+          python3 -m pylint --version
           python3 -m pylint $(grep -l "/usr/bin/env python3" -r test/scripts) test/scripts/*.py
diff --git a/test/scripts/generate-ostree-build-config b/test/scripts/generate-ostree-build-config
index 9dfd43bb69..decf255bac 100755
--- a/test/scripts/generate-ostree-build-config
+++ b/test/scripts/generate-ostree-build-config
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def default_ref(distro, arch):
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"unknown distro name {name}")
 
-    return f"{name}/{version}/{arch}/{product}"
+    return f"{name}/{version}/{arch}/{product}"     #pylint: disable=possibly-used-before-assignment
 
 
 @contextmanager