diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 45390a8917..215eb6a4a2 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 psycopg2>=2.5 # LGPL/ZPL
-pylint==1.7.1 # GPLv2
+pylint==1.4.5 # GPLv2
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx!=1.6.1,>=1.5.1 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain # BSD