diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 923bd249..c86bb114 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ddt>=1.0.1 # MIT
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
-pylint==1.7.1 # GPLv2
+pylint==1.4.5 # GPLv2
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-astroid>=1.5.0 # LGPLv2.1
+astroid<1.4.0 # LGPLv2.1 # breaks pylint 1.4.4
 openstackdocstheme>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # Tempest Plugin