diff --git a/pandas/_testing/_io.py b/pandas/_testing/_io.py
index 9ad0d13e7317e..bef2730ec630b 100644
--- a/pandas/_testing/_io.py
+++ b/pandas/_testing/_io.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             )
         try:
             return t(*args, **kwargs)
-        except Exception as err:
+        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             errno = getattr(err, "errno", None)
             if not errno and hasattr(errno, "reason"):
                 # error: "Exception" has no attribute "reason"
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py
index 54fa9629fecd4..4426be266bb69 100644
--- a/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py
+++ b/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def maybe_cast_to_extension_array(
 
     try:
         result = cls._from_sequence(obj, dtype=dtype)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # We can't predict what downstream EA constructors may raise
         result = obj
     return result