diff --git a/requirements/lint.txt b/requirements/lint.txt
index 25fd138be5f..42c328c319c 100644
--- a/requirements/lint.txt
+++ b/requirements/lint.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 maxcdn
 astroid<1.4
 pylint<1.5
-prospector
+# prospector==0.12.6 currently has issues with pydocstyle
+prospector==0.12.5
 pylint-django<0.7
 pyflakes<1.2.0