diff --git a/tests/integration/test_roles_have_meta_main.py b/tests/integration/test_roles_have_meta_main.py
index b9591f2f95..cf7b044859 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_roles_have_meta_main.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_roles_have_meta_main.py
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 
-ROLES_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../roles"))
+ROLES_DIR = os.path.abspath(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../roles")
+)
 
 
 class TestRolesHaveMetaMain(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_each_role_has_meta_main(self):
         missing_meta = []
+
         for role in os.listdir(ROLES_DIR):
+            # Ignore Python cache and hidden directories
+            if role.startswith(".") or role == "__pycache__":
+                continue
+
             role_path = os.path.join(ROLES_DIR, role)
-            if os.path.isdir(role_path):
-                meta_main = os.path.join(role_path, "meta", "main.yml")
-                if not os.path.isfile(meta_main):
-                    missing_meta.append(role)
+            if not os.path.isdir(role_path):
+                continue
+
+            meta_main = os.path.join(role_path, "meta", "main.yml")
+            if not os.path.isfile(meta_main):
+                missing_meta.append(role)
+
         if missing_meta:
             self.fail(
                 "The following roles are missing meta/main.yml:\n"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_roles_naming.py b/tests/integration/test_roles_naming.py
index bf4f39b0bc..ed92d8ea87 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_roles_naming.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_roles_naming.py
@@ -10,19 +10,23 @@ ROLE_NAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9-]+(?:_[a-z0-9-]+)?$")
 
 class TestRoleNames(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_role_names_follow_naming_convention(self):
-        # go up from tests/integration/test_roles_naming.py to project root, then into roles/
         roles_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "roles"
         self.assertTrue(
             roles_dir.is_dir(), f"'roles/' directory not found at {roles_dir}"
         )
 
         invalid_names = []
+
         for role_path in roles_dir.iterdir():
             if not role_path.is_dir():
-                # skip non-directories
                 continue
 
             name = role_path.name
+
+            # Ignore Python cache and hidden directories
+            if name.startswith(".") or name == "__pycache__":
+                continue
+
             if not ROLE_NAME_PATTERN.fullmatch(name):
                 invalid_names.append(name)