diff --git a/requirements/lint.txt b/requirements/lint.txt
index 74ba48b1bc9..bc27efe8f70 100644
--- a/requirements/lint.txt
+++ b/requirements/lint.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 -r pip.txt
 maxcdn
-astroid
+# astroid 1.6.2 breaks pylint-django
+# https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-django/issues/117
+astroid==1.6.1
 pylint
 prospector
 pylint-django