diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be45b7ef7..2e98d3a3b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ development = [
     'vulture==2.14',
     'pyroma==5.0.1',
     'isort==6.1.0',
-    'pylint==3.3.9',
+    'pylint==4.0.4',
     'pyright==1.1.407',
     'pyupgrade==3.21.0',
     "tomli; python_version < '3.11'", # Tomllib is default in 3.11, required for letting codespell read the pyproject.toml