diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3d5c16b812..3681986af6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ tests =
     pylint==2.15.2
     # we use this to suppress pytest-related false positives in our tests.
     pylint-pytest==1.1.2
+    # see https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7488
+    astroid==2.12.9
     # we use this to suppress some messages in tests, eg: foo/bar naming,
     # and, protected method calls in our tests
     pylint-plugin-utils==0.7