diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7ef9e269c..27e7b03f7 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ moto>3
 pluggy>=0.7
 pytest
 pydocstyle
-pylint>=2.12
+# FIXME: bad docstring asterisks args handling (https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5406)
+pylint>=2.11,<2.12
 pylint_quotes
 responses>=0.20
 safety