diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index c6cf6fa5..24a7777a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint Check
         run: |
-          pylint backend/btrixcloud/
+          cd backend/
+          pylint btrixcloud/
diff --git a/backend/.pylintrc b/backend/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..582803de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[MASTER]
+extension-pkg-whitelist=pydantic
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 0f3865fb..53e407bf 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ fastapi==0.71.0
 fastapi-users[mongodb]==9.2.2
 loguru
 aiofiles
-pydantic==1.8.2
 kubernetes-asyncio==22.6.5
 aiobotocore
 redis>=4.2.0rc1