diff --git a/src/tagstudio/core/utils/stat.py b/src/tagstudio/core/utils/stat.py
index cafd71d4..29620159 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/utils/stat.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/utils/stat.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ def get_date_modified(path_or_stat: Path | os.stat_result) -> float:
 def get_date_created(path_or_stat: Path | os.stat_result) -> float:
     stat = _resolve(path_or_stat)
     if platform.system() in {"Windows", "Darwin"}:
-        return stat.st_birthtime
+        # NOTE: Accessing stat().st_birthtime causes linter checks to fail on some systems.
+        return stat.st_birthtime  # type: ignore[attr-defined, unused-ignore]
     else:
         return stat.st_ctime