diff --git a/credentials/apps/api/v2/decorators.py b/credentials/apps/api/v2/decorators.py
index 54bab4e39..b39e650d4 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/api/v2/decorators.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/api/v2/decorators.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                     f"[{request.user.username}] originating from [{request.headers.get('host', 'Unknown')}] "
                     f"with data: [{data}]"
                 )
-            except Exception as exc:
+            except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
                 # catch overly broad exception to try to ensure if logging doesn't work the request will still be
                 # processed
                 logger.error(f"Error logging incoming request: {exc}. Continuing...")
diff --git a/credentials/apps/api/v2/views.py b/credentials/apps/api/v2/views.py
index 00b0de9c4..da7ce1f89 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/api/v2/views.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/api/v2/views.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def _replace_username_for_all_models(self, current_username, new_username, repla
                     num_rows_changed += model.objects.filter(**{column: current_username}).update(
                         **{column: new_username}
                     )
-        except Exception as exc:
+        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
             log.exception(
                 "Unable to change username from %s to %s. Failed on table %s because %s",
                 current_username,
diff --git a/credentials/apps/badges/credly/api_client.py b/credentials/apps/badges/credly/api_client.py
index b35eddc7d..72ca64058 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/badges/credly/api_client.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/badges/credly/api_client.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-import requests  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+import requests
 from attrs import asdict
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
diff --git a/credentials/apps/core/api.py b/credentials/apps/core/api.py
index b13e4548b..fb918482d 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/core/api.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/core/api.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_or_create_user_from_event_data(user_data):
         # create the user if they don't exist, this follows similar behavior that our JWT authentication implements if
         # a user doesn't exist when we're making network calls across services
         user, created = User.objects.get_or_create(username=user_data.pii.username)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         logger.exception("Error occurred retrieving or creating a user")
         return None, None
 
diff --git a/credentials/apps/credentials/api.py b/credentials/apps/credentials/api.py
index b8e24028c..c01b79fb8 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/credentials/api.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/credentials/api.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def _update_or_create_credential(username, credential_type, credential_id, statu
             credential_id=credential_id,
             defaults={"status": status},
         )
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         logger.exception(
             f"Error occurred processing a credential with credential_id [{credential_id}] for user [{username}]"
         )
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def create_course_cert_config(course_run: "CourseRun", site: "Site", mode: str):
         course_cert_config = _CourseCertificate.objects.create(
             course_id=course_run.key, course_run=course_run, site=site, is_active=True, certificate_type=mode
         )
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         logger.exception(f"Error occurred creating a CourseCertificate configuration for course run [{course_run.key}]")
 
     return course_cert_config
diff --git a/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py b/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
index ca2e25292..6bfe050b4 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def send_program_certificate_created_message(
         ace.send(msg)
     # We wouldn't want any issues that arise from formatting or sending this email message to interrupt the process
     # of issuing a learner their Program Certificate. We cast a wide net for exceptions here for this reason.
-    except Exception as ex:
+    except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         log.exception(
             f"Unable to send email to learner with id: [{user.id}] for Program [{program_uuid}]. "
             f"Error occurred while attempting to format or send message: {ex}"
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 2d2a93646..5361015eb 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 # SERIOUSLY.
 #
 # ------------------------------
-# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.3.0
+# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.6.0
 # ------------------------------
 [MASTER]
 ignore = ,migrations, settings, wsgi.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ enable =
 	useless-suppression,
 disable = 
 	bad-indentation,
+	broad-exception-raised,
 	consider-using-f-string,
 	duplicate-code,
 	file-ignored,
@@ -380,6 +381,6 @@ ext-import-graph =
 int-import-graph = 
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
-overgeneral-exceptions = Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions = builtins.Exception
 
-# c5ae18c461392d4da971ec11c4c38c26ac0da3e6
+# f359d03cbb0162487655c0e4b6b09dd53da81787