diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 8f2993c9..7b628551 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ valid-classmethod-first-arg = cls
 valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg = mcs
 
 [DESIGN]
-max-args = 5
+max-args = 7
 ignored-argument-names = _.*
 max-locals = 15
 max-returns = 6