diff --git a/.bandit.yml b/.bandit.yml
index cc7db3a665c..243379b0ba0 100644
--- a/.bandit.yml
+++ b/.bandit.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ skips:
 - B311
 - B320
 - B321
-- B402
+- B402  # https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues/4180
 - B403
 - B404
 - B406