diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index fe5771ef..3981a08b 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
       "matchManagers": ["pep621"],
       "matchPackageNames": ["redis"]
     },
+    {
+      "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 3c9c8c97..2c46b6f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dev = [
     "ipython==9.7.0",
     "pyfakefs==5.10.2",
     "pylint-django==2.6.1",
-    "pylint==4.0.2",
+    "pylint<4.0.0",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "pytest-django==4.11.1",
     "pytest==9.0.0",