diff --git a/pkg/testsuite/snapshotcreator/snapshotcreator.go b/pkg/testsuite/snapshotcreator/snapshotcreator.go
index a7926cd55..8b608c12b 100644
--- a/pkg/testsuite/snapshotcreator/snapshotcreator.go
+++ b/pkg/testsuite/snapshotcreator/snapshotcreator.go
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func createGenesisOutput(api iotago.API, genesisTokenAmount iotago.BaseToken, ge
 		return output, nil
 	}
 
+	//nolint:nilnil // we want to return nil here
 	return nil, nil
 }