diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index bb9c6f7f..37ff2230 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ disable=
  too-many-locals,
  too-many-public-methods,
  too-many-return-statements,
+ inconsistent-return-statements,
+ catching-non-exception,
+ using-constant-test,
  too-many-statements
 
 [BASIC]
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 5750728f..30fd716d 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pbr==2.0.0
 pep8==1.5.7
 pyflakes==0.8.1
 Pygments==2.2.0
-pylint==1.4.5
+pylint==1.9.2
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
 python-subunit==1.0.0
 pytz==2013.6
diff --git a/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/windows/utils.py b/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/windows/utils.py
index 7611c44e..da850e8a 100644
--- a/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/windows/utils.py
+++ b/ovsdbapp/backend/ovs_idl/windows/utils.py
@@ -39,5 +39,4 @@ def avoid_blocking_call(f, *args, **kwargs):
     # loop greenlet.
     if eventlet.getcurrent().parent:
         return tpool.execute(f, *args, **kwargs)
-    else:
-        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+    return f(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/ovsdbapp/utils.py b/ovsdbapp/utils.py
index 0ab81e99..8c708d2f 100644
--- a/ovsdbapp/utils.py
+++ b/ovsdbapp/utils.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import netaddr
 import uuid
 
+import netaddr
+
 # NOTE(twilson) Clearly these are silly, but they are good enough for now
 # I'm happy for someone to replace them with better parsing
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 0c759a96..eb882ca6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.2 # BSD
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-pylint==1.4.5 # GPLv2
+pylint==1.9.2 # GPLv2
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT