diff --git a/python/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/python/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e2e25c84bfff..8160c428e1ff 100644
--- a/python/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/python/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
+    rev: v2.14.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: pylint
+        args: [ --rcfile=python/pylintrc ]
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: '4.0.1'
     hooks:
diff --git a/python/poetry.lock b/python/poetry.lock
index 91dfbc691400..bc47c6e866b9 100644
--- a/python/poetry.lock
+++ b/python/poetry.lock
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorama"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ cfgv = [
     {file = "cfgv-3.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f5a830efb9ce7a445376bb66ec94c638a9787422f96264c98edc6bdeed8ab736"},
 ]
 colorama = [
-    {file = "colorama-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9f47eda37229f68eee03b24b9748937c7dc3868f906e8ba69fbcbdd3bc5dc3e2"},
-    {file = "colorama-0.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5941b2b48a20143d2267e95b1c2a7603ce057ee39fd88e7329b0c292aa16869b"},
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:854bf444933e37f5824ae7bfc1e98d5bce2ebe4160d46b5edf346a89358e99da"},
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e6c6b4334fc50988a639d9b98aa429a0b57da6e17b9a44f0451f930b6967b7a4"},
 ]
 coverage = [
     {file = "coverage-6.4.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f1d5aa2703e1dab4ae6cf416eb0095304f49d004c39e9db1d86f57924f43006b"},
diff --git a/python/pylintrc b/python/pylintrc
index b9aa99a6ff43..983553520915 100644
--- a/python/pylintrc
+++ b/python/pylintrc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ disable=all
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
 # multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
 # it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
-enable=spelling,W
+enable=W
 
 
 [REPORTS]
@@ -151,50 +151,6 @@ logging-format-style=old
 # function parameter format.
 logging-modules=logging
 
-
-[SPELLING]
-
-# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
-max-spelling-suggestions=4
-
-# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: af (aspell), am (aspell),
-# ar (aspell), ast (aspell), az (aspell), be (aspell), be_BY (aspell), be_SU
-# (aspell), bg (aspell), bn (aspell), br (aspell), ca (aspell), cs (aspell),
-# csb (aspell), cy (aspell), da (aspell), de (aspell), de_AT (aspell), de_CH
-# (aspell), de_DE (aspell), el (aspell), en (aspell), en_AU (aspell), en_CA
-# (aspell), en_GB (aspell), en_US (aspell), eo (aspell), es (aspell), es_ES
-# (AppleSpell), et (aspell), fa (aspell), fi (aspell), fo (aspell), fr
-# (aspell), fr_CH (aspell), fr_FR (aspell), fy (aspell), ga (aspell), gd
-# (aspell), gl (aspell), gr (aspell), grc (aspell), gu (aspell), gv (aspell),
-# he (aspell), hi (aspell), hil (aspell), hr (aspell), hsb (aspell), hu
-# (aspell), hu_HU (AppleSpell), hus (aspell), hy (aspell), ia (aspell), id
-# (aspell), it (aspell), it_IT (AppleSpell), kn (aspell), ku (aspell), ky
-# (aspell), la (aspell), lt (aspell), lv (aspell), mg (aspell), mi (aspell), mk
-# (aspell), ml (aspell), mn (aspell), mr (aspell), ms (aspell), mt (aspell),
-# nds (aspell), nl (aspell), nl_NL (AppleSpell), nn (aspell), ny (aspell), or
-# (aspell), pa (aspell), pl (aspell), pt_BR (aspell), pt_PT (aspell), qu
-# (aspell), ro (aspell), ru (aspell), rw (aspell), sc (aspell), sk (aspell),
-# sk_SK (aspell), sl (aspell), sr (aspell), srd (aspell), sv (aspell), sv_SE
-# (AppleSpell), sw (aspell), ta (aspell), te (aspell), tet (aspell), tk
-# (aspell), tl (aspell), tn (aspell), tr (aspell), uk (aspell), uz (aspell), vi
-# (aspell), wa (aspell), yi (aspell), zu (aspell).
-spelling-dict=en_US
-
-# List of comma separated words that should be considered directives if they
-# appear and the beginning of a comment and should not be checked.
-spelling-ignore-comment-directives=fmt: on,fmt: off,noqa:,noqa,nosec,isort:skip,mypy:
-
-# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
-spelling-ignore-words=
-
-# A path to a file that contains the private dictionary; one word per line.
-spelling-private-dict-file=spellcheck-dictionary.txt
-
-# Tells whether to store unknown words to the private dictionary (see the
-# --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
-spelling-store-unknown-words=no
-
-
 [MISCELLANEOUS]
 
 # List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index afeee351ce52..5d7b75f868a9 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ packages = [
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
 mmh3 = "^3.0.0"
-
 pyarrow = { version = "^8.0.0", optional = true }
 
 zstandard = { version = "^0.17.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/python/spellcheck-dictionary.txt b/python/spellcheck-dictionary.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bb0b868c388..000000000000
--- a/python/spellcheck-dictionary.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-accessor
-accessors
-Args
-Avro
-Nestedfield
-ASF
-BD
-bool
-boolean
-datetime
-disjunction
-dispatchable
-endian
-enum
-FileInfo
-filesystem
-fs
-func
-IcebergType
-io
-namespace
-namespaces
-NativeFile
-NaN
-nan
-NestedField
-nullability
-PartitionField
-pragma
-PrimitiveType
-pyarrow
-repr
-schemas
-seekable
-singledispatch
-str
-struct
-StructProtocol
-StructType
-Timestamptz
-Timestamptzs
-unscaled
-URI
-UnboundPredicate
-BoundPredicate
-BooleanExpression
-BooleanExpressionVisitor
-zigzag
-unix
-zlib
-Codecs
-codecs
-uri
diff --git a/python/src/iceberg/avro/decoder.py b/python/src/iceberg/avro/decoder.py
index 24312cdd250f..586aabf97814 100644
--- a/python/src/iceberg/avro/decoder.py
+++ b/python/src/iceberg/avro/decoder.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def read_decimal_from_bytes(self, precision: int, scale: int) -> decimal.Decimal
         size = self.read_long()
         return self.read_decimal_from_fixed(precision, scale, size)
 
-    def read_decimal_from_fixed(self, precision: int, scale: int, size: int) -> decimal.Decimal:
+    def read_decimal_from_fixed(self, _: int, scale: int, size: int) -> decimal.Decimal:
         """
         Decimal is encoded as fixed. Fixed instances are encoded using the
         number of bytes declared in the schema.
diff --git a/python/src/iceberg/avro/reader.py b/python/src/iceberg/avro/reader.py
index bd8f1b4e8087..012d611a1a51 100644
--- a/python/src/iceberg/avro/reader.py
+++ b/python/src/iceberg/avro/reader.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import field as dataclassfield
 from datetime import date, datetime, time
 from decimal import Decimal
 from functools import singledispatch
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class AvroStruct(StructProtocol):
-    _data: list[Any | StructProtocol] = field()
+    _data: list[Any | StructProtocol] = dataclassfield()
 
     def set(self, pos: int, value: Any) -> None:
         self._data[pos] = value
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> UUID:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class FixedReader(Reader):
-    length: int = field()
+    length: int = dataclassfield()
 
     def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> bytes:
         return decoder.read(self.length)
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> bytes:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class DecimalReader(Reader):
-    precision: int = field()
-    scale: int = field()
+    precision: int = dataclassfield()
+    scale: int = dataclassfield()
 
     def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> Decimal:
         return decoder.read_decimal_from_bytes(self.precision, self.scale)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> Decimal:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class OptionReader(Reader):
-    option: Reader = field()
+    option: Reader = dataclassfield()
 
     def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> Any | None:
         # For the Iceberg spec it is required to set the default value to null
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> Any | None:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class StructReader(Reader):
-    fields: tuple[Reader, ...] = field()
+    fields: tuple[Reader, ...] = dataclassfield()
 
     def read(self, decoder: BinaryDecoder) -> AvroStruct:
         return AvroStruct([field.read(decoder) for field in self.fields])
diff --git a/python/src/iceberg/transforms.py b/python/src/iceberg/transforms.py
index fbbdd917aa02..0947cf56b590 100644
--- a/python/src/iceberg/transforms.py
+++ b/python/src/iceberg/transforms.py
@@ -281,23 +281,23 @@ def _(self, value: int) -> str:
         return self._int_to_human_string(self._type, value)
 
     @singledispatchmethod
-    def _int_to_human_string(self, value_type: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
+    def _int_to_human_string(self, _: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
         return str(value)
 
     @_int_to_human_string.register(DateType)
-    def _(self, value_type: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
+    def _(self, _: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
         return datetime.to_human_day(value)
 
     @_int_to_human_string.register(TimeType)
-    def _(self, value_type: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
+    def _(self, _: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
         return datetime.to_human_time(value)
 
     @_int_to_human_string.register(TimestampType)
-    def _(self, value_type: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
+    def _(self, _: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
         return datetime.to_human_timestamp(value)
 
     @_int_to_human_string.register(TimestamptzType)
-    def _(self, value_type: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
+    def _(self, _: IcebergType, value: int) -> str:
         return datetime.to_human_timestamptz(value)
 
 
diff --git a/python/tests/avro/test_reader.py b/python/tests/avro/test_reader.py
index c310e69204cc..e8c56f122e84 100644
--- a/python/tests/avro/test_reader.py
+++ b/python/tests/avro/test_reader.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+# pylint:disable=protected-access
 import json
 
 import pytest
diff --git a/python/tests/conftest.py b/python/tests/conftest.py
index 48f3bf02390b..782316ec9192 100644
--- a/python/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/python/tests/conftest.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+# pylint:disable=redefined-outer-name
 
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Any, Dict
diff --git a/python/tests/io/test_io_base.py b/python/tests/io/test_io_base.py
index 9008c453a2ab..a4ffe7dff96a 100644
--- a/python/tests/io/test_io_base.py
+++ b/python/tests/io/test_io_base.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def delete(self, location: Union[str, InputFile, OutputFile]) -> None:
         try:
             os.remove(parsed_location.path)
         except FileNotFoundError as e:
-            raise FileNotFoundError(f"Cannot delete file, does not exist: {parsed_location.path} - Caused by: {e}") from e
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"Cannot delete file, does not exist: {parsed_location.path}") from e
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("CustomInputFile", [LocalInputFile, PyArrowFile])
diff --git a/python/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py b/python/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
index 79e88f3e24ff..f3a41bb54d40 100644
--- a/python/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
+++ b/python/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+# pylint: disable=protected-access,unused-argument
 
 import os
 import tempfile
diff --git a/python/tests/utils/test_schema_conversion.py b/python/tests/utils/test_schema_conversion.py
index 234ec1573f46..e2eada5c40b9 100644
--- a/python/tests/utils/test_schema_conversion.py
+++ b/python/tests/utils/test_schema_conversion.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+# pylint: disable=W0212
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 import pytest