diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 06403d6ed..6b10b85a4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ deps =
     pytest<4.0
     pytest-cov
     py{27,34,35,36,37,py}: pylint
-    py{27,34,35,36,37,py}: pytest-pylint
+    py{27,34,35,36,37,py}: pytest-pylint<=0.17.0
     pytest-mock
     mock
     python-snappy