diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index abc3b2a34b..fbc3ba7985 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 # SERIOUSLY.
 #
 # ------------------------------
-# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.3.0
+# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.6.0
 # ------------------------------
 [*]
 end_of_line = lf
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ max_line_length = 72
 [*.rst]
 max_line_length = 79
 
-# eecef7d3f7f334de2348fe1b4b0b48d605f7dcab
+# 3eb1e01bd9ba6cdf1e5d0a493581c4ea14404b67
diff --git a/pylint_django_settings.py b/openedx/core/tests/pylint_django_settings.py
similarity index 85%
rename from pylint_django_settings.py
rename to openedx/core/tests/pylint_django_settings.py
index 6051d9ab4b..09ec5871f8 100644
--- a/pylint_django_settings.py
+++ b/openedx/core/tests/pylint_django_settings.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+"""
+This is a plugin that helps pylint figure out what DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to use for linting different files.  Since the
+LMS and CMS files have different expectations about what django settings including which installed apps and settings are
+set when the code is run.
+"""
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ def register(linter):
     """
     Placeholder function to register the plugin with pylint.
     """
-    pass
+    return
 
 
 def load_configuration(linter):
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index de88463ddb..43f2b3bc9e 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
 # SERIOUSLY.
 #
 # ------------------------------
-# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.4.1
+# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.6.0
 # ------------------------------
 [MASTER]
 ignore = ,.git,.tox,migrations,node_modules,.pycharm_helpers
 persistent = yes
-load-plugins = edx_lint.pylint,pylint_django_settings,pylint_django,pylint_celery,pylint_pytest
+load-plugins = edx_lint.pylint,openedx.core.tests.pylint_django_settings,pylint_django,pylint_celery,pylint_pytest
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 enable = 
@@ -414,4 +414,4 @@ int-import-graph =
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 overgeneral-exceptions = builtins.Exception
 
-# 5aea7d7fb264005eb373099c856a54cdfa4f311c
+# d6e4348dec0a8eb2752fc4fe02315286c298aeff
diff --git a/pylintrc_tweaks b/pylintrc_tweaks
index cd8680d4d6..149433fa90 100644
--- a/pylintrc_tweaks
+++ b/pylintrc_tweaks
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pylintrc tweaks for use with edx_lint.
 [MASTER]
 ignore+ = ,.git,.tox,migrations,node_modules,.pycharm_helpers
-load-plugins = edx_lint.pylint,pylint_django_settings,pylint_django,pylint_celery,pylint_pytest
+load-plugins = edx_lint.pylint,openedx.core.tests.pylint_django_settings,pylint_django,pylint_celery,pylint_pytest
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 disable+ =