diff --git a/python/podio/__init__.py b/python/podio/__init__.py
index 80ccce5f0..477247fde 100644
--- a/python/podio/__init__.py
+++ b/python/podio/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from .podio_config_reader import *  # noqa: F403, F401
 
-import ROOT
+import ROOT  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 
 # Track whether we were able to dynamially load the library that is built by
 # podio and enable certain features of the bindings only if they are actually
diff --git a/python/podio/test_EventStoreRoot.py b/python/podio/test_EventStoreRoot.py
index 6016301e0..522e389d7 100644
--- a/python/podio/test_EventStoreRoot.py
+++ b/python/podio/test_EventStoreRoot.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 from ROOT import TFile
 
+from test_EventStore import EventStoreBaseTestCaseMixin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
 from podio.EventStore import EventStore
-from test_EventStore import EventStoreBaseTestCaseMixin
 
 
 class EventStoreRootTestCase(EventStoreBaseTestCaseMixin, unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/python/podio/test_EventStoreSio.py b/python/podio/test_EventStoreSio.py
index e86d25147..c8d19b852 100644
--- a/python/podio/test_EventStoreSio.py
+++ b/python/podio/test_EventStoreSio.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 import unittest
 import os
 
+from test_utils import SKIP_SIO_TESTS  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from test_EventStore import EventStoreBaseTestCaseMixin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
 from podio.EventStore import EventStore
-from test_EventStore import EventStoreBaseTestCaseMixin
-from test_utils import SKIP_SIO_TESTS
 
 
 @unittest.skipIf(SKIP_SIO_TESTS, "no SIO support")
diff --git a/python/podio/test_Frame.py b/python/podio/test_Frame.py
index 1255e3a8d..0dc823d76 100644
--- a/python/podio/test_Frame.py
+++ b/python/podio/test_Frame.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 
 import unittest
 
+# pylint: disable=import-error
+from test_utils import ExampleHitCollection  # noqa: E402
+
 from podio.frame import Frame
 # using root_io as that should always be present regardless of which backends are built
 from podio.root_io import Reader
 
-from test_utils import ExampleHitCollection  # noqa: E402 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
-
 
 # The expected collections in each frame
 EXPECTED_COLL_NAMES = {
diff --git a/python/podio/test_ReaderRoot.py b/python/podio/test_ReaderRoot.py
index 2d14a67a4..a7bdf98f8 100644
--- a/python/podio/test_ReaderRoot.py
+++ b/python/podio/test_ReaderRoot.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
 import unittest
 
+from test_Reader import ReaderTestCaseMixin, LegacyReaderTestCaseMixin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
 from podio.root_io import Reader, LegacyReader
-from test_Reader import ReaderTestCaseMixin, LegacyReaderTestCaseMixin
 
 
 class RootReaderTestCase(ReaderTestCaseMixin, unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/python/podio/test_ReaderSio.py b/python/podio/test_ReaderSio.py
index e0d95da69..ef7b86b6b 100644
--- a/python/podio/test_ReaderSio.py
+++ b/python/podio/test_ReaderSio.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-from test_Reader import ReaderTestCaseMixin, LegacyReaderTestCaseMixin
-from test_utils import SKIP_SIO_TESTS
+from test_Reader import ReaderTestCaseMixin, LegacyReaderTestCaseMixin  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from test_utils import SKIP_SIO_TESTS  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 
 @unittest.skipIf(SKIP_SIO_TESTS, "no SIO support")
diff --git a/tests/root_io/write_frame_root.py b/tests/root_io/write_frame_root.py
index e67a0ffea..2609c602a 100644
--- a/tests/root_io/write_frame_root.py
+++ b/tests/root_io/write_frame_root.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ.get("PODIO_BASE"), "python", "podio"))
 
-import test_utils
-from podio.root_io import Writer
+import test_utils  # pylint: disable=import-error, disable=wrong-import-position
+
+from podio.root_io import Writer  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+
 
 test_utils.write_file(Writer, "example_frame_with_py.root")