diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 7d8277649e..6fc428700a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 flake8-import-order==0.12 # LGPLv3
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-pylint>=2.2.0 # GPLv2
+pylint>=2.2.0,<=2.5.3 # GPLv2
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD