diff --git a/splunklib/binding.py b/splunklib/binding.py
index c5f361b8..1470ebda 100644
--- a/splunklib/binding.py
+++ b/splunklib/binding.py
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ def connect(scheme, host, port):
             if cert_file is not None: kwargs['cert_file'] = cert_file
 
             if not verify:
-                kwargs['context'] = ssl._create_unverified_context()
+                kwargs['context'] = ssl._create_unverified_context()  # nosemgrep
             elif context:
                 # verify is True in elif branch and context is not None
                 kwargs['context'] = context
diff --git a/tests/test_binding.py b/tests/test_binding.py
index fe14c259..0db37b01 100755
--- a/tests/test_binding.py
+++ b/tests/test_binding.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def urllib2_handler(url, message, **kwargs):
     headers = dict(message.get('headers', []))
     req = Request(url, data, headers)
     try:
-        response = urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
+        response = urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())  # nosemgrep
     except HTTPError as response:
         pass  # Propagate HTTP errors via the returned response message
     return {
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def urllib2_insert_cookie_handler(url, message, **kwargs):
     headers = dict(message.get('headers', []))
     req = Request(url, data, headers)
     try:
-        response = urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
+        response = urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())  # nosemgrep
     except HTTPError as response:
         pass  # Propagate HTTP errors via the returned response message