diff --git a/src/entity_manager.cpp b/src/entity_manager.cpp
index f023e64..0b519e0 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
                  int64_t, uint64_t, double, int32_t, uint32_t, int16_t,
                  uint16_t, uint8_t, bool>;
 
+// NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 // store reference to all interfaces so we can destroy them later
 boost::container::flat_map<
     std::string, std::vector<std::weak_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::dbus_interface>>>
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 Topology topology;
 
 boost::asio::io_context io;
+// NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 const std::regex illegalDbusPathRegex("[^A-Za-z0-9_.]");
 const std::regex illegalDbusMemberRegex("[^A-Za-z0-9_]");