diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/73639-ansible-test-pylint-ignores.yml b/changelogs/fragments/73639-ansible-test-pylint-ignores.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ee57d41e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/73639-ansible-test-pylint-ignores.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- "ansible-test pylint sanity test - stop ignoring ``used-before-assignment`` errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73639)."
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/collection.cfg b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/collection.cfg
index 03deb9685b6..27c5a8cab0c 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/collection.cfg
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/collection.cfg
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ disable=
     unused-argument,
     unused-import,
     unused-variable,
-    used-before-assignment,
     useless-object-inheritance,
     useless-return,
     useless-super-delegation,
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/default.cfg b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/default.cfg
index 47951646ce6..c1a08be5ffc 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/default.cfg
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/pylint/config/default.cfg
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ disable=
     unused-argument,
     unused-import,
     unused-variable,
-    used-before-assignment,
     useless-object-inheritance,
     useless-return,
     useless-super-delegation,