diff --git a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
index 734b5434148e7..5fb8e8f47defc 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
@@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@ pub struct PylintOptions {
     ///
     /// If not specified, defaults to the value of `max-args`.
     #[option(
-        default = r"3",
+        default = r"5", // Needs to be in sync with default of `max-args`.
         value_type = "int",
         example = r"max-positional-args = 3"
     )]