diff --git a/podman/api/client.py b/podman/api/client.py
index c6373050..880fdc3d 100644
--- a/podman/api/client.py
+++ b/podman/api/client.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 
-from podman import api
+from podman import api  # pylint: disable=cyclic-import
 from podman.api.ssh import SSHAdapter
 from podman.api.uds import UDSAdapter
 from podman.errors import APIError, NotFound
diff --git a/podman/api/ssh.py b/podman/api/ssh.py
index 8ec17626..ccac8c6d 100644
--- a/podman/api/ssh.py
+++ b/podman/api/ssh.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ def connect(self) -> None:
 class SSHConnectionPool(urllib3.HTTPConnectionPool):
     """Specialized HTTPConnectionPool for holding SSH connections."""
 
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     ConnectionCls = SSHConnection
 
 
diff --git a/podman/api/uds.py b/podman/api/uds.py
index e159f0cd..72133daf 100644
--- a/podman/api/uds.py
+++ b/podman/api/uds.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def connect(self) -> None:
 class UDSConnectionPool(urllib3.HTTPConnectionPool):
     """Specialization of HTTPConnectionPool for holding UNIX domain sockets."""
 
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     ConnectionCls = UDSConnection
 
 
diff --git a/podman/errors/exceptions.py b/podman/errors/exceptions.py
index e24ed754..5e532f61 100644
--- a/podman/errors/exceptions.py
+++ b/podman/errors/exceptions.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 """Podman API Errors."""
 
-import typing
-from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Union, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from requests import Response
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 # Break circular import
-if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from podman.domain.containers import Container
     from podman.api.client import APIResponse