diff --git a/tests/monitors/diskio/diskio_test.py b/tests/monitors/diskio/diskio_test.py
index 458475b4f9..94db53f7b1 100644
--- a/tests/monitors/diskio/diskio_test.py
+++ b/tests/monitors/diskio/diskio_test.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_diskio():
                 "disk_ops.pending",
             ]
         )
-    elif sys.platform == "win32" or sys.platform == "cygwin":
+    elif sys.platform in ("win32", "cygwin"):
         expected_metrics.extend(
             [
                 "disk_ops.avg_read",
diff --git a/tests/monitors/http/http_test.py b/tests/monitors/http/http_test.py
index 78cfb28179..cb4e39cf37 100644
--- a/tests/monitors/http/http_test.py
+++ b/tests/monitors/http/http_test.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def check_values(dps, status_code, code=1, regex=1, cert=1):
             assert dp.value.intValue == regex
         if dp.metric == METRIC_CODE_MATCH:
             assert dp.value.intValue > 0 or code
-        if dp.metric == METRIC_TIME or dp.metric == METRIC_CERT_EXPIRY:
+        if dp.metric in (METRIC_TIME, METRIC_CERT_EXPIRY):
             assert dp.value.doubleValue > 0
 
 
diff --git a/tests/monitors/logstash/logstash_test.py b/tests/monitors/logstash/logstash_test.py
index 84f72a7156..d6c436d8a2 100644
--- a/tests/monitors/logstash/logstash_test.py
+++ b/tests/monitors/logstash/logstash_test.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_logstash_tcp_client(version):
     ) as logstash_cont:
         copy_file_content_into_container(SAMPLE_EVENTS, logstash_cont, "tmp/events.log")
         copy_file_content_into_container(
-            PIPELINE_CONF.read_text(), logstash_cont, "/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/test.conf"
+            PIPELINE_CONF.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), logstash_cont, "/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/test.conf"
         )
         host = container_ip(logstash_cont)
 
diff --git a/tests/monitors/logstash_tcp/logstash_tcp_test.py b/tests/monitors/logstash_tcp/logstash_tcp_test.py
index 838f3229ff..46156d3ae0 100644
--- a/tests/monitors/logstash_tcp/logstash_tcp_test.py
+++ b/tests/monitors/logstash_tcp/logstash_tcp_test.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_logstash_tcp_client(version):
     ) as logstash_cont:
         copy_file_content_into_container(SAMPLE_EVENTS, logstash_cont, "tmp/events.log")
         copy_file_content_into_container(
-            PIPELINE_CONF.read_text(), logstash_cont, "/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/test.conf"
+            PIPELINE_CONF.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), logstash_cont, "/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/test.conf"
         )
         host = container_ip(logstash_cont)
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def test_logstash_tcp_server(version):
             copy_file_content_into_container(
                 # The pipeline conf is written for server mode so patch it to
                 # act as a client.
-                PIPELINE_CONF.read_text()
+                PIPELINE_CONF.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
                 .replace('mode => "server"', 'mode => "client"')
                 .replace('host => "0.0.0.0"', f'host => "{agent_host}"')
                 .replace("port => 8900", f"port => {listen_port}"),
diff --git a/tests/monitors/vmem/vmem_test.py b/tests/monitors/vmem/vmem_test.py
index 6fab22e854..70b06b0fb9 100644
--- a/tests/monitors/vmem/vmem_test.py
+++ b/tests/monitors/vmem/vmem_test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             "vmpage_number.shmem_pmdmapped",
         }
     )
-elif sys.platform == "win32" or sys.platform == "cygwin":
+elif sys.platform in ("win32", "cygwin"):
     METRICS.update({"vmpage.swap.in_per_second", "vmpage.swap.out_per_second", "vmpage.swap.total_per_second"})
 
 
diff --git a/tests/pylintrc b/tests/pylintrc
index 212e81a3b4..a0551e2bcd 100644
--- a/tests/pylintrc
+++ b/tests/pylintrc
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ disable=print-statement,
         ungrouped-imports,
         f-string-without-interpolation,
         duplicate-code,
+        consider-using-f-string,
         bad-continuation  # We use black so this shouldn't ever be relevant
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index a2010846b3..527ce1265e 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mysql-connector-python==8.0.27
 netifaces==0.11.0
 protobuf==3.19.1
 psutil==5.8.0
-pylint==2.10.2
+pylint==2.12.2
 pytest-html==3.1.1
 pytest-rerunfailures==10.2
 pytest-xdist==2.5.0