diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c4c975d..ca35544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ jobs:
       # (e.g. - apt-get: gettext, etc; pip: circuitpython-build-tools, requirements.txt; etc.)
       run: |
         source actions-ci/install.sh
-    - name: Pip install pylint, Sphinx, pre-commit
+    - name: Pip install Sphinx, pre-commit
       run: |
-        pip install --force-reinstall pylint Sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme pre-commit
+        pip install --force-reinstall Sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme pre-commit
     - name: Library version
       run: git describe --dirty --always --tags
     - name: Pre-commit hooks
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8810708..43d1385 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -18,17 +18,25 @@ repos:
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-    rev: pylint-2.7.1
+    rev: v2.11.1
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint
         name: pylint (library code)
         types: [python]
-        exclude: "^(docs/|examples/|setup.py$)"
--   repo: local
-    hooks:
-    -   id: pylint_examples
-        name: pylint (examples code)
+        args:
+          - --disable=consider-using-f-string,duplicate-code
+        exclude: "^(docs/|examples/|tests/|setup.py$)"
+    -   id: pylint
+        name: pylint (example code)
         description: Run pylint rules on "examples/*.py" files
-        entry: /usr/bin/env bash -c
-        args: ['([[ ! -d "examples" ]] || for example in $(find . -path "./examples/*.py"); do pylint --disable=missing-docstring,invalid-name,consider-using-f-string $example; done)']
-        language: system
+        types: [python]
+        files: "^examples/"
+        args:
+        - --disable=missing-docstring,invalid-name,consider-using-f-string,duplicate-code
+    -   id: pylint
+        name: pylint (test code)
+        description: Run pylint rules on "tests/*.py" files
+        types: [python]
+        files: "^tests/"
+        args:
+        - --disable=missing-docstring,consider-using-f-string,duplicate-code
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index eee47e3..61d81fb 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ ignore-docstrings=yes
 ignore-imports=yes
 
 # Minimum lines number of a similarity.
-min-similarity-lines=50
+min-similarity-lines=4
 
 
 [BASIC]
diff --git a/examples/epd_bitmap.py b/examples/epd_bitmap.py
index 03a36e3..55ebb90 100644
--- a/examples/epd_bitmap.py
+++ b/examples/epd_bitmap.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class BMPError(Exception):
 
 def display_bitmap(epd, filename):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-branches
     try:
-        f = open(filename, "rb")
+        f = open(filename, "rb")  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
     except OSError:
         print("Couldn't open file")
         return