diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a40bd981e..82c5a3113 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     - stage: code quality
       name: "pylint lbrynet"
       install:
+        - pip install astroid==2.0.4
+        # newer astroid fails in pylint so we pre-install older version
         - pip install pylint
         - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git#egg=torba
         - pip install -e .