diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index da79485d94..a383e4bc5b 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ disable =
     consider-using-f-string,
     dangerous-default-value,
     duplicate-code,
-    protected-access,
 
 [TYPECHECK]
 # pylint is unable to detect Namespace attributes and will throw a E1101
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
index 253a4dcbdf..cec0a85446 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/syntax_check.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ def test_get_ansible_syntax_check_matches() -> None:
         lintable = Lintable(
             "examples/playbooks/conflicting_action.yml", kind="playbook"
         )
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         result = AnsibleSyntaxCheckRule._get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(lintable)
         assert result[0].linenumber == 4
         assert result[0].column == 7
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ def test_get_ansible_syntax_check_matches() -> None:
     def test_empty_playbook() -> None:
         """Validate detection of empty-playbook."""
         lintable = Lintable("examples/playbooks/empty_playbook.yml", kind="playbook")
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         result = AnsibleSyntaxCheckRule._get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(lintable)
         assert result[0].linenumber == 1
         # We internally convert absolute paths returned by ansible into paths
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ def test_extra_vars_passed_to_command(config_options: Any) -> None:
         }
         lintable = Lintable("examples/playbooks/extra_vars.yml", kind="playbook")
 
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         result = AnsibleSyntaxCheckRule._get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(lintable)
 
         assert not result
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
index 1e6f53c26c..dcd441d9fd 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ def run(self) -> List[MatchError]:
 
         # -- phase 1 : syntax check in parallel --
         def worker(lintable: Lintable) -> List[MatchError]:
+            # pylint: disable=protected-access
             return AnsibleSyntaxCheckRule._get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(lintable)
 
         # playbooks: List[Lintable] = []
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
index 9e742fe463..c34bda1a07 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
@@ -689,7 +689,9 @@ def construct_mapping(
         if hasattr(node, "__line__"):
             mapping[LINE_NUMBER_KEY] = node.__line__
         else:
-            mapping[LINE_NUMBER_KEY] = mapping._line_number
+            mapping[
+                LINE_NUMBER_KEY
+            ] = mapping._line_number  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         mapping[FILENAME_KEY] = lintable.path
         return mapping
 
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
index 9bcc8051dd..3534c63d0d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/yaml_utils.py
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ def represent_octal(
         v = format(data, "o")
         anchor = data.yaml_anchor(any=True)
         # noinspection PyProtectedMember
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
         return representer.insert_underscore("0", v, data._underscore, anchor=anchor)
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_formatter_base.py b/test/test_formatter_base.py
index 53e77fb2a1..2d9aff70f6 100644
--- a/test/test_formatter_base.py
+++ b/test/test_formatter_base.py
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ def test_base_formatter_when_base_dir(
     base_formatter = BaseFormatter(base_dir, relative_path)  # type: ignore
 
     # When
-    output_path = base_formatter._format_path(path)
+    output_path = base_formatter._format_path(path)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     # Then
     assert isinstance(output_path, str)
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
     assert base_formatter._base_dir is None or isinstance(base_formatter._base_dir, str)
     assert output_path == str(path)
 
@@ -49,10 +50,12 @@ def test_base_formatter_when_base_dir_is_given_and_relative_is_true(
     base_formatter = BaseFormatter(base_dir, True)  # type: ignore
 
     # When
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
     output_path = base_formatter._format_path(path)
 
     # Then
     assert isinstance(output_path, str)
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
     assert isinstance(base_formatter._base_dir, str)
     assert output_path == Path(path).name
 
diff --git a/test/test_yaml_utils.py b/test/test_yaml_utils.py
index 5940796415..9f07c8ae88 100644
--- a/test/test_yaml_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_yaml_utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 def fixture_empty_lintable() -> Lintable:
     """Return a Lintable with no contents."""
     lintable = Lintable("__empty_file__")
-    lintable._content = ""
+    lintable._content = ""  # pylint: disable=protected-access
     return lintable