diff --git a/kafka/record/_crc32c.py b/kafka/record/_crc32c.py
index 9db2d89af..ecff48f5e 100644
--- a/kafka/record/_crc32c.py
+++ b/kafka/record/_crc32c.py
@@ -139,5 +139,7 @@ def crc(data):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
-    data = sys.stdin.read()
+    # TODO remove the pylint disable once pylint fixes
+    # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2571
+    data = sys.stdin.read()  # pylint: disable=assignment-from-no-return
     print(hex(crc(data)))
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ad95f9374..1760afffc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ log_format = %(created)f %(filename)-23s %(threadName)s %(message)s
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-cov
-    py{27,34,35,36,py}: pylint==1.8.2
+    py{27,34,35,36,py}: pylint
     py{27,34,35,36,py}: pytest-pylint
     pytest-mock
     mock