diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 963ec8bb..3a3fd065 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ optional-dependencies.dev = [
     "pydocstyle==6.3",
     "pyenchant==3.3.0rc1",
     "pylint==3.3.3",
-    "pylint-per-file-ignores==1.3.2",
+    "pylint-per-file-ignores==1.4.0",
     "pyproject-fmt==2.5.0",
     "pyright==1.1.392.post0",
     "pyroma==4.2",
@@ -228,16 +228,13 @@ load-plugins = [
     'pylint.extensions.typing',
 ]
 
-# This format is described in the following issue:
-# https://github.com/christopherpickering/pylint-per-file-ignores/issues/160
-#
 # We ignore invalid names because:
 # - We want to use generated module names, which may not be valid, but are never seen.
 # - We want to use global variables in documentation, which may not be uppercase
-per-file-ignores = """
-docs/:invalid-name
-doccmd_README_rst.*.py:invalid-name
-"""
+per-file-ignores = [
+    "docs/:invalid-name",
+    "doccmd_README_rst.*.py:invalid-name",
+]
 
 [tool.pylint.'MESSAGES CONTROL']