diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 83ffcfc21a..ae644cd99e 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ disable=
  no-member,
  no-method-argument,
  no-self-argument,
+ not-an-iterable,
 # "W" Warnings for stylistic problems or minor programming issues
  abstract-method,
+ abstract-class-instantiated,
  arguments-differ,
  attribute-defined-outside-init,
  bad-builtin,
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ disable=
  expression-not-assigned,
  fixme,
  global-statement,
+ literal-comparison,
  no-init,
  non-parent-init-called,
  not-callable,
@@ -48,26 +51,44 @@ disable=
  unused-argument,
  unused-import,
  unused-variable,
+ unsubscriptable-object,
+ useless-super-delegation,
 # TODO(dougwig) - disable nonstandard-exception while we have neutron_lib shims
  nonstandard-exception,
 # "C" Coding convention violations
  bad-continuation,
+ consider-iterating-dictionary,
+ consider-using-enumerate,
  invalid-name,
+ len-as-condition,
+ misplaced-comparison-constant,
  missing-docstring,
+ singleton-comparison,
  superfluous-parens,
+ ungrouped-imports,
+ wrong-import-order,
+ wrong-import-position,
 # "R" Refactor recommendations
  abstract-class-little-used,
  abstract-class-not-used,
+ consider-merging-isinstance,
+ consider-using-ternary,
  duplicate-code,
  interface-not-implemented,
+ no-else-return,
  no-self-use,
+ redefined-argument-from-local,
+ simplifiable-if-statement,
  too-few-public-methods,
  too-many-ancestors,
  too-many-arguments,
+ too-many-boolean-expressions,
  too-many-branches,
+ too-many-function-args,
  too-many-instance-attributes,
  too-many-lines,
  too-many-locals,
+ too-many-nested-blocks,
  too-many-public-methods,
  too-many-return-statements,
  too-many-statements,
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 95d92e69f9..abc595af71 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ WebTest>=2.0 # MIT
 reno>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 tempest>=14.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-pylint==1.4.5 # GPLv2
+pylint==1.7.1 # GPLv2
 python-openstackclient>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests-mock>=1.1 # Apache-2.0
 pyshark>=0.3.7.2 # pyshark