diff --git a/esphome/core/gpio.h b/esphome/core/gpio.h
index 0492c71792..bbbd8b8dc3 100644
--- a/esphome/core/gpio.h
+++ b/esphome/core/gpio.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class NullPin : public GPIOPin {
   std::string dump_summary() const override { return {"Not used"}; }
 };
 
-static const GPIOPin *const NULL_PIN = new NullPin();
+static GPIOPin *const NULL_PIN = new NullPin();  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 /// Copy of GPIOPin that is safe to use from ISRs (with no virtual functions)
 class ISRInternalGPIOPin {