diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 68617f8..8ca0299 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 hacking>=3.0,<3.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=4.0
 mock>=2.0.0
-pylint==1.9.2 # GPLv2
+pylint==2.4.0 # GPLv2
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=2.2.0
 sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,!=2.1.0,>=1.6.2  # BSD