diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 21acc4a32..4d1e8e125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Pylint
-        run: pylint --recursive=y --errors-only --exit-zero kafka test
+        run: pylint --recursive=y --errors-only kafka test
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
diff --git a/kafka/admin/client.py b/kafka/admin/client.py
index 6bdac5613..6b57091d5 100644
--- a/kafka/admin/client.py
+++ b/kafka/admin/client.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def _find_coordinator_id_request(self, group_id):
             request = FindCoordinatorRequest[version](group_id)
         elif version <= 2:
             request = FindCoordinatorRequest[version](group_id, 0)
-        return request
+        return request  # pylint: disable=E0606
 
     def _find_coordinator_id_process_response(self, response):
         """Process a FindCoordinatorResponse.
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ def create_topics(self, new_topics, timeout_ms=None, validate_only=False):
             )
         # TODO convert structs to a more pythonic interface
         # TODO raise exceptions if errors
-        return self._send_request_to_controller(request)
+        return self._send_request_to_controller(request)  # pylint: disable=E0606
 
     def delete_topics(self, topics, timeout_ms=None):
         """Delete topics from the cluster.
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def describe_acls(self, acl_filter):
                 permission_type=acl_filter.permission_type
 
             )
-        response = self.send_request(request)
+        response = self.send_request(request)  # pylint: disable=E0606
         error_type = Errors.for_code(response.error_code)
         if error_type is not Errors.NoError:
             # optionally we could retry if error_type.retriable
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ def create_acls(self, acls):
             request = CreateAclsRequest[version](
                 creations=[self._convert_create_acls_resource_request_v1(acl) for acl in acls]
             )
-        response = self.send_request(request)
+        response = self.send_request(request)  # pylint: disable=E0606
         return self._convert_create_acls_response_to_acls(acls, response)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ def delete_acls(self, acl_filters):
             request = DeleteAclsRequest[version](
                 filters=[self._convert_delete_acls_resource_request_v1(acl) for acl in acl_filters]
             )
-        response = self.send_request(request)
+        response = self.send_request(request)  # pylint: disable=E0606
         return self._convert_delete_acls_response_to_matching_acls(acl_filters, response)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -1269,14 +1269,15 @@ def _describe_consumer_groups_process_response(self, response):
                     # TODO: Fix GroupInformation defaults
                     described_group_information_list.append([])
                 group_description = GroupInformation._make(described_group_information_list)
-        error_code = group_description.error_code
-        error_type = Errors.for_code(error_code)
-        # Java has the note: KAFKA-6789, we can retry based on the error code
-        if error_type is not Errors.NoError:
-            raise error_type(
-                "DescribeGroupsResponse failed with response '{}'."
-                .format(response))
-        return group_description
+                error_code = group_description.error_code
+                error_type = Errors.for_code(error_code)
+                # Java has the note: KAFKA-6789, we can retry based on the error code
+                if error_type is not Errors.NoError:
+                    raise error_type(
+                        "DescribeGroupsResponse failed with response '{}'."
+                        .format(response))
+                return group_description
+        assert False, "DescribeGroupsResponse parsing failed"
 
     def describe_consumer_groups(self, group_ids, group_coordinator_id=None, include_authorized_operations=False):
         """Describe a set of consumer groups.
diff --git a/kafka/record/default_records.py b/kafka/record/default_records.py
index a3b9cd5d8..35fcba9cb 100644
--- a/kafka/record/default_records.py
+++ b/kafka/record/default_records.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def _maybe_uncompress(self):
                     uncompressed = lz4_decode(data.tobytes())
                 if compression_type == self.CODEC_ZSTD:
                     uncompressed = zstd_decode(data.tobytes())
-                self._buffer = bytearray(uncompressed)
+                self._buffer = bytearray(uncompressed)  # pylint: disable=E0606
                 self._pos = 0
         self._decompressed = True
 
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ def _maybe_compress(self):
                 compressed = lz4_encode(data)
             elif self._compression_type == self.CODEC_ZSTD:
                 compressed = zstd_encode(data)
-            compressed_size = len(compressed)
+            compressed_size = len(compressed)  # pylint: disable=E0606
             if len(data) <= compressed_size:
                 # We did not get any benefit from compression, lets send
                 # uncompressed
diff --git a/kafka/record/legacy_records.py b/kafka/record/legacy_records.py
index f085978f0..4c9bf03dd 100644
--- a/kafka/record/legacy_records.py
+++ b/kafka/record/legacy_records.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ def _assert_has_codec(self, compression_type):
             checker, name = codecs.has_snappy, "snappy"
         elif compression_type == self.CODEC_LZ4:
             checker, name = codecs.has_lz4, "lz4"
+        else:
+            raise UnsupportedCodecError(
+                "Unrecognized compression type")
         if not checker():
             raise UnsupportedCodecError(
                 "Libraries for {} compression codec not found".format(name))
@@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ def _decompress(self, key_offset):
                 uncompressed = lz4_decode_old_kafka(data.tobytes())
             else:
                 uncompressed = lz4_decode(data.tobytes())
-        return uncompressed
+        return uncompressed  # pylint: disable=E0606
 
     def _read_header(self, pos):
         if self._magic == 0:
@@ -483,7 +486,7 @@ def _maybe_compress(self):
                 else:
                     compressed = lz4_encode(data)
             size = self.size_in_bytes(
-                0, timestamp=0, key=None, value=compressed)
+                0, timestamp=0, key=None, value=compressed)  # pylint: disable=E0606
             # We will try to reuse the same buffer if we have enough space
             if size > len(self._buffer):
                 self._buffer = bytearray(size)
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures.py b/test/integration/fixtures.py
index 0b660e624..1723a3bd5 100644
--- a/test/integration/fixtures.py
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def __init__(self, host, port, broker_id, zookeeper=None, zk_chroot=None,
 
         if self.external:
             self.child = ExternalService(self.host, self.port)
-            (self._client,) = self.get_clients(1, client_id='_internal_client')
+            self._client = next(self.get_clients(1, client_id='_internal_client'))
             self.running = True
         else:
             self._client = None
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def start(self):
         else:
             raise RuntimeError('Failed to start KafkaInstance before max_timeout')
 
-        (self._client,) = self.get_clients(1, client_id='_internal_client')
+        self._client = next(self.get_clients(1, client_id='_internal_client'))
 
         self.out("Done!")
         self.running = True