diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcbba09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[MASTER]
+ignore=.venv
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 6409847..90f3e45 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Third Party Software Attributions:
 
 @@@@============================================================================
 
-Library: splunk-sdk - 2.1.0
+Library: splunk-sdk - 2.1.1
 Homepage: http://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python
 License: Apache Software License
 License Text: