diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e5029101..8b8285ca 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sitepackages = False
 
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
        ruamel.yaml
-       pylint
+       pylint<2.5.0
 commands =
      pylint {posargs} --rcfile=./pylint.rc puppet-manifests