diff --git a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
index 3a6ff73d7..792518902 100755
--- a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-travis_retry pip install codespell
+travis_retry pip install codespell==1.13.0
 travis_retry pip install flake8