diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 60a3aaf3e4..25541bcf43 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ pylint:
   variables:
     PYTHONPATH: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/tests/system"
   script:
-    - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py' | grep -vE '(ans\.py|dangerfile\.py|^bin/tests/system/)')
+    - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py' | grep -vE '(ans\.py|dangerfile\.py|^bin/tests/system/|^contrib/)')
       # Ignore Pylint wrong-import-position error in system test to enable use of pytest.importorskip
     - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc --disable=wrong-import-position $(git ls-files 'bin/tests/system/*.py' | grep -vE 'ans\.py')