diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e0da2d9..d337deb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@ whitelist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:bashate]
 deps = bashate
-commands = bash -c "bashate --verbose {toxinidir}/ocf/*"
+# NOTE: We ignore E006 violations (--ignore E006) only temporary.
+# The reason is that the currently available bashate versions (<=0.4.0) are
+# considering heredocs as normal code lines, hence lines longer than 79 columns
+# in these sections are also considered as E006 violations.
+# Commit 649c7dc79948 in bashate repository modifies bashate to ignore long
+# lines in heredocs, but currently there is no bashate release which contains
+# this commit.
+# TODO: After a new bashate released, '--ignore E006' should be deleted and the
+# newer bashate version should be specified as a dependency.
+commands = bash -c "bashate --ignore E006 --verbose {toxinidir}/ocf/*"
 
 [testenv:syntax-check]
 setenv =