diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f6c5463a06..554c6a4021 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 flake8-import-order>=0.18.0,<0.19.0 # LGPLv3
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-pylint>=2.5.3,<4.0.0 # GPLv2
+pylint>=2.5.3,!=4.0.0,!=4.0.1,!=4.0.2 # GPLv2
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT