diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index a5b6cb4138..2df5debe1d 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ timeout-methods=requests.api.delete,requests.api.get,requests.api.head,requests.
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
-                       Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,
+                       builtins.Exception
 
 
 [REFACTORING]
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/core.py b/src/cfnlint/core.py
index 16c0f26ff5..1f65fb1720 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/core.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/core.py
@@ -181,12 +181,10 @@ def get_matches(filenames: str, args: cfnlint.config.ConfigMixIn) -> Iterator[Ma
                 args.registry_schemas,
                 args.mandatory_checks,
             )
-            for match in matches:
-                yield match
+            yield from iter(matches)
         else:
             if errors:
-                for match in errors:
-                    yield match
+                yield from iter(errors)
         LOGGER.debug("Completed linting of file: %s", str(filename))
 
 
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/helpers.py b/src/cfnlint/helpers.py
index e67c23a15f..b99aac1eb3 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/helpers.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/helpers.py
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ def load_resource(package, filename="us-east-1.json"):
             .joinpath(filename)
             .read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         )
+    # pylint: disable=W4902
     return json.loads(pkg_resources.read_text(package, filename, encoding="utf-8"))
 
 
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/template/transforms/_language_extensions.py b/src/cfnlint/template/transforms/_language_extensions.py
index 59bd6b2251..563d481382 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/template/transforms/_language_extensions.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/template/transforms/_language_extensions.py
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ def values(
                     )
             except _ResolveError:
                 if self._fn.hash in collection_cache:
-                    for item in collection_cache[self._fn.hash]:
-                        yield item
+                    yield from iter(collection_cache[self._fn.hash])
                 else:
                     collection_cache[self._fn.hash] = []
                     for _ in range(0, 2):
@@ -543,5 +542,4 @@ def __init__(
 
     def items(self, cfn: Any) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, str]]:
         items = self._collection.values(cfn, self._collection_cache)
-        for item in items:
-            yield item
+        yield from iter(items)