diff --git a/eng/tox/tox.ini b/eng/tox/tox.ini
index aa1b26718f2b..986b7dc89298 100644
--- a/eng/tox/tox.ini
+++ b/eng/tox/tox.ini
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ setenv =
 deps =
   {[base]deps}
 commands =
-    python -m pip install {[testenv:next-pylint]pylint_version}
+    python -m pip install pylint=={[testenv:next-pylint]pylint_version}
     python -m pip install azure-pylint-guidelines-checker==0.0.8 --index-url="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/azure-sdk/public/_packaging/azure-sdk-for-python/pypi/simple/"
     python {repository_root}/eng/tox/create_package_and_install.py \
       -d {envtmpdir}/dist \