diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ setup(
             'backports.tempfile==1.0rc1',
             'cloudpickle>=0.1.0',
             'futures>=3.0.1',
-            'pylint',
+            'pylint>=2.3,<2.6',
             'memory-profiler>=0.47',
             'pytest',
             'tornado>=4.3',
Set pylint requested version to >=<I>,<<I>

Pylint <I> is the latest version supported by Python <I>
Pylint <I> is the latest version when this commit is done