diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 17f53f2098..d3a4723112 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ persistent=yes
 # Specify a configuration file.
 #rcfile=
 
-# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
-# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
-suggestion-mode=yes
-
 # Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
 # active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
 unsafe-load-any-extension=no
@@ -463,6 +459,9 @@ valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
 # Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
 max-args=5
 
+# Maximum number of positional arguments for function / method.
+max-positional-arguments=12
+
 # Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
 max-attributes=7
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6dca6b771e..8818f8b070 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Bump `pylint` to `4.0.5`
+  ([#4244](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/4244))
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - Drop Python 3.9 support
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 29325a6d35..28b7f81487 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pylint==3.0.2
+pylint==4.0.5
 httpretty==1.1.4
 pyright==v1.1.404
 sphinx==7.1.2
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_agents/span_processor.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_agents/span_processor.py
index 74be663701..55539a4931 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_agents/span_processor.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-agents-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_agents/span_processor.py
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ def get_span_name(
 class GenAISemanticProcessor(TracingProcessor):
     """Trace processor adding GenAI semantic convention attributes with metrics."""
 
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
     def __init__(
         self,
         tracer: Optional[Tracer] = None,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index e28315f502..8e7106010f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class OpenTelemetryMiddleware:
         exclude_spans: Optionally exclude HTTP `send` and/or `receive` spans from the trace.
     """
 
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches,too-many-positional-arguments
     def __init__(
         self,
         app,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_run_coroutine_threadsafe.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_run_coroutine_threadsafe.py
index d612076dbf..fdf4bcb353 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_run_coroutine_threadsafe.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_run_coroutine_threadsafe.py
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import asyncio
 import threading
-from concurrent.futures import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module; TODO #4199
-    ThreadPoolExecutor,
-)
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_bedrock.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_bedrock.py
index ef0146314f..bf8a2ac242 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_bedrock.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_bedrock.py
@@ -1487,7 +1487,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_content(
         finish_reason = "length"
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     assert_message_in_logs(logs[0], "gen_ai.user.message", user_content, span)
 
@@ -1628,7 +1627,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_content_different_events(
         choice_content = [{"type": "text", "text": "This is a test"}]
     else:
         pytest.xfail("llm_model_value not handled: {llm_model_value}")
-        return
 
     body = get_invoke_model_body(
         llm_model_value,
@@ -2070,7 +2068,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_content_tool_call(
         llm_model_config = AnthropicClaudeModel
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     invoke_model_tool_call(
         span_exporter,
@@ -2156,7 +2153,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_no_content(
         finish_reason = "length"
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     choice_body = {
         "index": 0,
@@ -2190,7 +2186,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_no_content_different_events(
         finish_reason = "end_turn"
     else:
         pytest.xfail("llm_model_value not handled: {llm_model_value}")
-        return
 
     body = get_invoke_model_body(
         llm_model_value,
@@ -2246,7 +2241,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_no_content_tool_call(
         llm_model_config = AnthropicClaudeModel
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     invoke_model_tool_call(
         span_exporter,
@@ -2401,7 +2395,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_response_stream_with_content(
         }
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     choice_body = {
         "index": 0,
@@ -2437,7 +2430,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_response_stream_with_content_different_events(
         choice_content = [{"text": "This is a test", "type": "text"}]
     else:
         pytest.xfail("llm_model_value not handled: {llm_model_value}")
-        return
 
     max_tokens = 10
     body = get_invoke_model_body(
@@ -2672,7 +2664,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_response_stream_with_content_tool_call(
         llm_model_config = AnthropicClaudeModel
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     invoke_model_with_response_stream_tool_call(
         span_exporter,
@@ -2801,7 +2792,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_response_stream_no_content_different_events(
         finish_reason = "end_turn"
     else:
         pytest.xfail("llm_model_value not handled: {llm_model_value}")
-        return
 
     max_tokens = 10
     body = get_invoke_model_body(
@@ -2864,7 +2854,6 @@ def test_invoke_model_with_response_stream_no_content_tool_call(
         llm_model_config = AnthropicClaudeModel
     else:
         pytest.xfail("model family not handled: {model_family}")
-        return
 
     invoke_model_with_response_stream_tool_call(
         span_exporter,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading/tests/test_threading.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading/tests/test_threading.py
index 3a06969b26..e0f1c63fbb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading/tests/test_threading.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading/tests/test_threading.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import threading
-from concurrent.futures import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module; TODO #4199
+from concurrent.futures import (
     Future,
     ThreadPoolExecutor,
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
index 5c833a4720..0c92b6b6b8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def _get_span_name(method: str) -> str:
     return method
 
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+# pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-positional-arguments
 def _instrument(
     tracer: Tracer,
     duration_histogram_old: Histogram,
diff --git a/processor/opentelemetry-processor-baggage/src/opentelemetry/processor/baggage/processor.py b/processor/opentelemetry-processor-baggage/src/opentelemetry/processor/baggage/processor.py
index 7e09e591e0..d28cc1e68d 100644
--- a/processor/opentelemetry-processor-baggage/src/opentelemetry/processor/baggage/processor.py
+++ b/processor/opentelemetry-processor-baggage/src/opentelemetry/processor/baggage/processor.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 BaggageKeyPredicateT = Callable[[str], bool]
 
 # A BaggageKeyPredicate that always returns True, allowing all baggage keys to be added to spans
-ALLOW_ALL_BAGGAGE_KEYS: BaggageKeyPredicateT = lambda _: True  # noqa: E731
+ALLOW_ALL_BAGGAGE_KEYS: BaggageKeyPredicateT = lambda _: True  # noqa: E731 # pylint:disable=invalid-name
 
 
 class BaggageSpanProcessor(SpanProcessor):
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/trace/sampler/_sampling_rule.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/trace/sampler/_sampling_rule.py
index fd99b2a87f..0ee531017e 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/trace/sampler/_sampling_rule.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/trace/sampler/_sampling_rule.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 # Disable snake_case naming style so this class can match the sampling rules response from X-Ray
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name,too-many-positional-arguments
 class _SamplingRule:
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_upload/completion_hook.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_upload/completion_hook.py
index 79ebd3a170..f2b9254f49 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_upload/completion_hook.py
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_upload/completion_hook.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import posixpath
 import threading
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from concurrent.futures import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module; TODO #4199
+from concurrent.futures import (
     Future,
     ThreadPoolExecutor,
 )