diff --git a/linters-requirements.txt b/linters-requirements.txt
index 81f247381..c5c996bff 100644
--- a/linters-requirements.txt
+++ b/linters-requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ ansible-lint == 4.2.0  # MIT
 astroid>=2.4.0; python_version < '3.8'  # LGPLv2.1
 astroid>=2.5.0; python_version >= '3.8' # LGPLv2.1
 pre-commit >= 2.6.0  # MIT
-pylint >= 2.6.0  # GPLv2
+pylint >= 2.6.0,< 2.9.0  # GPLv2
diff --git a/tobiko/tests/functional/shell/test_curl.py b/tobiko/tests/functional/shell/test_curl.py
index 1a183760c..1c2c5bd82 100644
--- a/tobiko/tests/functional/shell/test_curl.py
+++ b/tobiko/tests/functional/shell/test_curl.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from tobiko.shell import ssh
 from tobiko.openstack import stacks
 
 
+@tobiko.skip("Flaky test case")
 class TestCurl(testtools.TestCase):
 
     stack = tobiko.required_setup_fixture(stacks.UbuntuServerStackFixture)