diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
index cb026b033b..2f2fec2020 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace esphome {
 namespace ota {
 
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_CALLBACK
-OTAGlobalCallback *global_ota_component = new OTAGlobalCallback;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+OTAGlobalCallback *global_ota_component = new OTAGlobalCallback;  // NOLINT
 #endif
 
 }  // namespace ota
diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
index f72a63d0e4..b76883df74 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class OTAGlobalCallback {
   CallbackManager<void(OTAState, float, uint8_t, OTAComponent *)> state_callback_{};
 };
 
-extern OTAGlobalCallback *global_ota_component;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+extern OTAGlobalCallback *global_ota_component;  // NOLINT
 #endif
 std::unique_ptr<ota::OTABackend> make_ota_backend();