diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 4bbb5f61..af01e3b8 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
       "matchPackageNames": ["redis"],
       "allowedVersions": "<6.0.0"
     },
+    {
+      "groupName": "allowed pylint versions",
+      "matchManagers": ["pep621"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["pylint"],
+      "allowedVersions": "<4.0.0"
+    },
     {
       "enabled": false,
       "groupName": "ignored js dependencies",
diff --git a/src/backend/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
index 23e83be5..638019c3 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dev = [
     "ipython==9.6.0",
     "pyfakefs==5.10.0",
     "pylint-django==2.6.1",
-    "pylint==4.0.2",
+    "pylint<4.0.0",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "pytest-django==4.11.1",
     "pytest==8.4.2",