diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 3830f8d44..1cb4e0f1b 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ disable=locally-disabled,
         too-many-locals,
         too-many-branches,
         too-many-statements,
-        too-many-positional-arguments,
         too-few-public-methods,
         import-outside-toplevel,
         consider-using-f-string,
@@ -72,7 +71,8 @@ argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 docstring-min-length=3
 no-docstring-rgx=(^_|^main$)
-class-const-naming-style = snake_case
+class-const-naming-style=snake_case
+max-positional-arguments=7
 
 [FORMAT]
 # FIXME:v4 (lint) down to 88 again once we use black
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index f686f522c..65d6635a3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
+
 """Command dispatcher for TabbedBrowser."""
 
 import os.path
diff --git a/qutebrowser/qt/_core_pyqtproperty.py b/qutebrowser/qt/_core_pyqtproperty.py
index 50752de41..c2b034df3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/qt/_core_pyqtproperty.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/qt/_core_pyqtproperty.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     )
 
     class pyqtProperty:
-        def __init__(
+        def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
             self,
             type: typing.Union[type, str],
             fget: typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[QObjectT], TPropertyTypeVal]] = None,
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/objreg.py b/qutebrowser/utils/objreg.py
index aa5bfc7f9..c027b3cf6 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/objreg.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/objreg.py
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ def get(name: str,
 
 def register(name: str,
              obj: Any,
+             *,
              update: bool = False,
              scope: str = None,
              registry: ObjectRegistry = None,
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py b/qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py
index 765eddd05..a027db74a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py
@@ -529,9 +529,11 @@ class EventLoop(QEventLoop):
         return status
 
 
-def _get_color_percentage(x1: int, y1: int, z1: int, a1: int,
-                          x2: int, y2: int, z2: int, a2: int,
-                          percent: int) -> tuple[int, int, int, int]:
+def _get_color_percentage(  # pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
+    x1: int, y1: int, z1: int, a1: int,
+    x2: int, y2: int, z2: int, a2: int,
+    percent: int
+) -> tuple[int, int, int, int]:
     """Get a color which is percent% interpolated between start and end.
 
     Args:
diff --git a/scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py b/scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py
index 580ef988f..d55caaf36 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def main():
         'redefined-outer-name',
         'unused-argument',
         'too-many-arguments',
+        'too-many-positional-arguments',
         # things which are okay in tests
         'missing-docstring',
         'protected-access',
diff --git a/scripts/dev/update_3rdparty.py b/scripts/dev/update_3rdparty.py
index 1258be106..7ad27c915 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/update_3rdparty.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/update_3rdparty.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def test_dicts():
                 print('ERROR: {}'.format(response.status))
 
 
-def run(nsis=False, ace=False, pdfjs=True, legacy_pdfjs=False, fancy_dmg=False,
+def run(*, nsis=False, ace=False, pdfjs=True, legacy_pdfjs=False, fancy_dmg=False,
         pdfjs_version=None, dicts=False, gh_token=None):
     """Update components based on the given arguments."""
     if nsis: