diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 1a7c07a9bcdb4a08aefcf1159226b789657be211..ba90622a888b5529f8dd1bc9e6cde89b8516b6c7 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ py-lint:
     - install_requirements
     - _pip install pylint_gitlab # codeclimate reports
     # run pylint and generate reports all at once
-    - _run pylint --output-format=colorized,pylint_gitlab.GitlabCodeClimateReporter:reports/py-lint.codeclimate.json,parseable:reports/py-lint.parseable.txt ${PYLINT_ARGS} ${PYLINT_FILES:-$(find -type f -name "*.py" -not -path "./.cache/*")}
+    - _run pylint --output-format=colorized,pylint_gitlab.GitlabCodeClimateReporter:reports/py-lint.codeclimate.json,parseable:reports/py-lint.parseable.txt ${PYLINT_ARGS} ${PYLINT_FILES:-$(find -type f -name "*.py" -not -path "./.cache/*" -not -path "./.venv/*")}
   artifacts:
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME artifacts from $CI_PROJECT_NAME on $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
     expire_in: 1 day