diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 877a22b..33d61a7 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Pylint 3.0.x configuration file
+# Pylint 3.2.x configuration file
 #
 # This file is generated by l2tdevtools update-dependencies.py, any dependency
 # related changes should be made in dependencies.ini.
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ clear-cache-post-run=no
 # A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
 # be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
 # run arbitrary code.
+# extension-pkg-allow-list=
 extension-pkg-allow-list=
 
 # A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ ignore-paths=
 # Emacs file locks
 ignore-patterns=^\.#
 
-# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
-# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
-# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis). It
-# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked and
+# will not be imported (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are
+# manipulated during runtime and thus existing member attributes cannot be
+# deduced by static analysis). It supports qualified module names, as well as
+# Unix pattern matching.
 ignored-modules=
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
@@ -85,11 +87,16 @@ limit-inference-results=100
 
 # List of plugins (as comma separated values of python module names) to load,
 # usually to register additional checkers.
+# load-plugins=
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes
 
+# Resolve imports to .pyi stubs if available. May reduce no-member messages and
+# increase not-an-iterable messages.
+prefer-stubs=no
+
 # Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
 # the version used to run pylint.
 py-version=3.12
@@ -440,7 +447,6 @@ confidence=HIGH,
 # --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W".
-
 disable=assignment-from-none,
         bad-inline-option,
         consider-using-f-string,
@@ -478,6 +484,7 @@ disable=assignment-from-none,
 # 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=
 enable=c-extension-no-member
 
 
@@ -510,6 +517,11 @@ max-nested-blocks=5
 # printed.
 never-returning-functions=sys.exit,argparse.parse_error
 
+# Let 'consider-using-join' be raised when the separator to join on would be
+# non-empty (resulting in expected fixes of the type: ``"- " + " -
+# ".join(items)``)
+suggest-join-with-non-empty-separator=yes
+
 
 [REPORTS]
 
diff --git a/acstore/helpers/yaml_definitions_file.py b/acstore/helpers/yaml_definitions_file.py
index 0c2818d..edef8b7 100644
--- a/acstore/helpers/yaml_definitions_file.py
+++ b/acstore/helpers/yaml_definitions_file.py
@@ -141,5 +141,4 @@ def ReadFromFile(self, path):
       AttributeContainer: an attribute container.
     """
     with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file_object:
-      for yaml_definition in self._ReadFromFileObject(file_object):
-        yield yaml_definition
+      yield from self._ReadFromFileObject(file_object)
diff --git a/acstore/sqlite_store.py b/acstore/sqlite_store.py
index 9289ebe..92b382d 100644
--- a/acstore/sqlite_store.py
+++ b/acstore/sqlite_store.py
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ def CheckSupportedFormat(cls, path):
     if not os.path.isfile(path):
       return False
 
+    result = False
+
     try:
       connection = sqlite3.connect(
           path, detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
@@ -816,7 +818,7 @@ def CheckSupportedFormat(cls, path):
       connection.close()
 
     except (IOError, TypeError, ValueError, sqlite3.DatabaseError):
-      result = False
+      pass
 
     return result
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3533d9c..647c1ee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = acstore
-version = 20240407
+version = 20241006
 description = Attribute Container Storage (ACStore).
 long_description = ACStore, or Attribute Container Storage, provides a stand-alone implementation to read and write attribute container storage files.
 long_description_content_type = text/plain
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 260d3f2..d8a725b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ deps =
   -rrequirements.txt
   -rtest_requirements.txt
   docformatter
-  pylint >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.0
+  pylint >= 3.2.0, < 3.3.0
   setuptools
   yamllint >= 1.26.0
 commands =