diff --git a/requirements/tox/pylint_requirements.txt b/requirements/tox/pylint_requirements.txt
index 0e5db209fe..17a4a290f8 100644
--- a/requirements/tox/pylint_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/tox/pylint_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pylint==3.0.3
+pylint==4.0.9
 astroid==3.0.2
diff --git a/requirements/tox/spelling_requirements.txt b/requirements/tox/spelling_requirements.txt
index 94d6bc314e..fb75f9dfe6 100644
--- a/requirements/tox/spelling_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/tox/spelling_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 pyenchant==3.2.2
-pylint==3.0.3
+pylint==4.0.9