diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e2711c44c8..36a8464274 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ deps =
      # we need to manually ansible at the top level to the same as
      # zuul requirements.txt
      ansible>=2.5.1,<2.6
-     ansible-lint
+     ansible-lint<4
      hacking>=0.10,<0.11
      bashate>=0.2
 commands =