diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 07a5e9f6..0cd2cdf8 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
 dev_dependencies:
   coverage: ^1.0.2
   intl: ">=0.17.0 <0.19.0"
-  lints: ^2.0.0
+  lints: ">=2.0.0 <5.0.0"
   mocktail: ">=0.3.0 <2.0.0"
   test: ^1.21.0