diff --git a/.pylintdict b/.pylintdict
index f4d90d78..245f309e 100644
--- a/.pylintdict
+++ b/.pylintdict
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ hyperparameters
 idx
 im
 imag
+init
 initializer
 inplace
 interatomic
diff --git a/qiskit_algorithms/optimizers/gradient_descent.py b/qiskit_algorithms/optimizers/gradient_descent.py
index 0f79abb1..6051c379 100644
--- a/qiskit_algorithms/optimizers/gradient_descent.py
+++ b/qiskit_algorithms/optimizers/gradient_descent.py
@@ -303,8 +303,11 @@ def tell(self, ask_data: AskData, tell_data: TellData) -> None:
         """
         if np.shape(self.state.x) != np.shape(tell_data.eval_jac):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             raise ValueError("The gradient does not have the correct dimension")
+        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+        # Both x and stepsize get flagged as defined outside init since lint 3.2.5
         self.state.x = self.state.x - next(self.state.learning_rate) * tell_data.eval_jac
         self.state.stepsize = np.linalg.norm(tell_data.eval_jac)  # type: ignore[arg-type,assignment]
+        # pylint: enable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self.state.nit += 1
 
     def evaluate(self, ask_data: AskData) -> TellData: