diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b98d683061..8b754d2bea 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mock>=1.0
 mox>=0.5.3
 MySQL-python
 psycopg2
-pylint>=0.25.2
+pylint>=1.3.0  # GNU GPL v2
 python-ironicclient>=0.2.1
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 sphinx>=1.1.2,!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3