diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7adabb9eab66..ed6a9b71dda6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ external = ["F821", "Y"]
 select = [
     "ARG", # flake8-unused-arguments
     "B", # flake8-bugbear
+    "BLE", # flake8-blind-except
     "D", # pydocstyle
     "EXE", # flake8-executable
     "FA", # flake8-future-annotations
diff --git a/tests/pytype_test.py b/tests/pytype_test.py
index 7e3eeb7354bb..2b5772026cdb 100755
--- a/tests/pytype_test.py
+++ b/tests/pytype_test.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def run_pytype(*, filename: str, python_version: str, missing_modules: Iterable[
         with pytype_config.verbosity_from(options):
             ast = loader.load_file(_get_module_name(filename), filename)
             loader.finish_and_verify_ast(ast)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 # Forwarding the traceback for logging
         stderr = traceback.format_exc()
     else:
         stderr = None