diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9964ce0..7d249d8f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     ],
     'prospector': [
         'prospector[with_everything]>=0.12.4',
+        'pylint<2.15.7',  # Temporary upper limit for an upstream regression
         'pytest>=6.1.0',
     ],
 }