diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 903134d61..edd23ac0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Added
 - Display exit code in parentheses after error message.
 - Do not reformat renamed files.
 - The ``--preview`` configuration flag is now supported in the configuration files for
-  Darker and Black
+  Darker and Black.
+- Prevent Pylint from updating beyond version 3.2.7 due to dropped Python 3.8 support.
 - The ``--formatter=black`` option (the default) has been added in preparation for
   future formatters.
 - ``--formatter=none`` now skips running Black. This is useful when you only want to run
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ Added
   Black support.
 - pyupgrade_ is now supported as a formatter plugin. Note that changes from pyupgrade
   are applied on a per-file basis, not only for modified lines as with Black_ and Ruff_.
+- For linting Darker itself, upgrade to Pylint 3.3.0 or later, and add ignores for the
+  ``too-many-positional-arguments`` message.
 
 Removed
 -------
diff --git a/constraints-oldest.txt b/constraints-oldest.txt
index c7154ae72..ce569b25b 100644
--- a/constraints-oldest.txt
+++ b/constraints-oldest.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ flake8-comprehensions==3.7.0
 flynt==0.76
 mypy==0.990
 Pygments==2.4.0
+pylint==3.3.0
 pytest==6.2.0
 pytest-kwparametrize==0.0.3
 regex==2021.4.4
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0016a1517..e36137ecd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test =
     pathspec  # to test `gen_python_files` in `test_black_diff.py`
     pydocstyle
     pygments
-    pylint<=3.2.7  # pylint 3.3.0 dropped Python 3.8 support
+    pylint>=3.3.0
     pylint-per-file-ignores
     pytest>=6.2.0
     pytest-kwparametrize>=0.0.3
diff --git a/src/darker/__main__.py b/src/darker/__main__.py
index 3689a0e82..8447dc775 100644
--- a/src/darker/__main__.py
+++ b/src/darker/__main__.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 ProcessedDocument = Tuple[Path, TextDocument, TextDocument]
 
 
-def format_edited_parts(  # noqa: PLR0913  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+def format_edited_parts(  # noqa: PLR0913
     root: Path,
     changed_files: Collection[Path],
     exclude: Exclusions,
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def format_edited_parts(  # noqa: PLR0913  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     report_unmodified: bool,
     workers: int = 1,
 ) -> Generator[ProcessedDocument, None, None]:
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     """Black (and optional isort and flynt) formatting modified chunks in a set of files
 
     Files inside given directories and excluded by Black's configuration are not
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def _modify_and_reformat_single_file(  # noqa: PLR0913
     revrange: RevisionRange,
     formatter: BaseFormatter,
 ) -> ProcessedDocument:
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     """Black, isort and/or flynt formatting for modified chunks in a single file
 
     :param root: Root directory for the relative path
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def _reformat_and_flynt_single_file(  # noqa: PLR0913
     has_isort_changes: bool,
     formatter: BaseFormatter,
 ) -> TextDocument:
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,too-many-locals
     """In a Python file, reformat chunks with edits since the last commit using Black
 
     :param root: The common root of all files to reformat
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ def _maybe_reformat_single_file(
 
 
 def _drop_changes_on_unedited_lines(
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     new_chunks: List[DiffChunk],
     abspath_in_rev2: Path,
     relpath_in_repo: Path,
diff --git a/src/darker/import_sorting.py b/src/darker/import_sorting.py
index bcf284a60..cdd9e46f9 100644
--- a/src/darker/import_sorting.py
+++ b/src/darker/import_sorting.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class IsortArgs(TypedDict, total=False):
     settings_path: str
 
 
-def apply_isort(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+def apply_isort(  # noqa: PLR0913
     content: TextDocument,
     src: Path,
     exclude: Collection[str],
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def apply_isort(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     config: Optional[str] = None,
     line_length: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> TextDocument:
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     """Run isort on the given Python source file content
 
     :param content: The contents of the Python source code file to sort imports in
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/helpers.py b/src/darker/tests/helpers.py
index bd587ccbc..7d7960971 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/helpers.py
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 """Helper functions for unit tests"""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Generator, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Generator, Optional
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from darkgraylib.testtools.git_repo_plugin import GitRepoFixture
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pytest
+    from _pytest.fixtures import SubRequest
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def _package_present(
@@ -56,7 +62,9 @@ def flynt_present(present: bool) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def unix_and_windows_newline_repos(request, tmp_path_factory):
+def unix_and_windows_newline_repos(
+    request: SubRequest, tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory
+) -> Generator[dict[str, GitRepoFixture], None, None]:
     """Create temporary repositories for Unix and windows newlines separately."""
     with GitRepoFixture.context(
         request, tmp_path_factory
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py b/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
index 24cc30072..d8bb3f15d 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_command_line.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Unit tests for `darker.command_line` and `darker.__main__`."""
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,too-many-locals
 # pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name,unused-argument,use-dict-literal
 
 from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_config.py b/src/darker/tests/test_config.py
index 62cb7079c..a7e7e1171 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for `darker.config`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument,too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument,too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
+# pylint: disable=use-dict-literal
 
 from argparse import Namespace
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_formatters_black.py b/src/darker/tests/test_formatters_black.py
index 9f2a1273f..d21b2ed77 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_formatters_black.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_formatters_black.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Unit tests for `darker.black_formatter`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,use-dict-literal
 
 import re
 import sys
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ def test_read_config(tmpdir, option_name_delimiter, config_path, config_lines, e
     extend_exclude=None,
     force_exclude=None,
 )
-def test_filter_python_files(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+def test_filter_python_files(
     tmp_path, monkeypatch, exclude, extend_exclude, force_exclude, expect
 ):
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     """``filter_python_files()`` skips excluded files correctly"""
     monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
     names = {
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_fstring.py b/src/darker/tests/test_fstring.py
index 749d44c1a..d9122d178 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_fstring.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_fstring.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for :mod:`darker.fstring`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument,protected-access,too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=protected-access
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,unused-argument
 
 from importlib import reload
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_git.py b/src/darker/tests/test_git.py
index 8cacd2228..a0ec5331c 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_git.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_git.py
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 """Unit tests for :mod:`darker.git`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,protected-access,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments
-# pylint: disable=too-many-lines,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,protected-access,redefined-outer-name,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,too-many-lines
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import DEVNULL, check_call  # nosec
 from textwrap import dedent  # nosec
 from types import SimpleNamespace
+from typing import Generator
 from unittest.mock import ANY, patch
 
 import pytest
+from _pytest.fixtures import SubRequest
 
 from darker import git
 from darkgraylib.git import WORKTREE, RevisionRange
@@ -321,7 +323,9 @@ def test_git_get_modified_python_files(
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def git_get_modified_python_files_revision_range_repo(request, tmp_path_factory):
+def git_get_modified_python_files_revision_range_repo(
+    request: SubRequest, tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory
+) -> Generator[GitRepoFixture, None, None]:
     """Fixture for a Git repository with multiple commits and branches."""
     yield from branched_repo(request, tmp_path_factory)
 
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py b/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
index 19d02d4aa..91dc409fd 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_import_sorting.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for :mod:`darker.import_sorting`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,protected-access,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,protected-access,redefined-outer-name,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,unused-argument
 
 from importlib import reload
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_main.py b/src/darker/tests/test_main.py
index 6ef0b77ba..334685a52 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Unit tests for :mod:`darker.__main__`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-locals,use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison,unused-argument
-# pylint: disable=no-member,protected-access,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments
-# pylint: disable=use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,too-many-locals,use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison
+# pylint: disable=protected-access,redefined-outer-name,use-dict-literal,
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,unused-argument
 
 import random
 import re
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_main_format_edited_parts.py b/src/darker/tests/test_main_format_edited_parts.py
index 9160950f2..bcb5c70cd 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_main_format_edited_parts.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_main_format_edited_parts.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for the `darker.__main__.format_edited_parts` function."""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
-# pylint: disable=use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison
+# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
+# pylint: disable=use-dict-literal,use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison
 
 import logging
 import re
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_main_reformat_and_flynt_single_file.py b/src/darker/tests/test_main_reformat_and_flynt_single_file.py
index 7e14d6e1a..cfd8f217c 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_main_reformat_and_flynt_single_file.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_main_reformat_and_flynt_single_file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Unit tests for `darker.__main__._reformat_and_flynt_single_file`."""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,use-dict-literal
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from textwrap import dedent
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_main_revision.py b/src/darker/tests/test_main_revision.py
index d64dcc84f..64dfb0414 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_main_revision.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_main_revision.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Unit tests for the ``--revision`` argument in `darker.main`"""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,use-dict-literal
 
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/src/darker/tests/test_main_stdin_filename.py b/src/darker/tests/test_main_stdin_filename.py
index aab1d189c..ab446e8c7 100644
--- a/src/darker/tests/test_main_stdin_filename.py
+++ b/src/darker/tests/test_main_stdin_filename.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for `darker.__main__.main` and the ``--stdin-filename`` option"""
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name,too-many-arguments,use-dict-literal
+# pylint: disable=no-member,redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments,use-dict-literal
 
 from __future__ import annotations