diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index e824313..a32ddbf 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
 # Common constraints for edx repos
 -c common_constraints.txt
 
-backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"
\ No newline at end of file
+backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"
+
+# Temporary until we drop support for python 3.8
+# Upgrading causes quality error: AttributeError: module 'importlib.resources' has no attribute 'files'
+edx-lint<5.4
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 70dff1f..3d51a1b 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
-edx-lint==5.4.0
-    # via -r requirements/test.txt
+edx-lint==5.3.7
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
 exceptiongroup==1.2.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 7678457..a77a12b 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ edx-django-release-util==1.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
-edx-lint==5.4.0
-    # via -r requirements/test.in
+edx-lint==5.3.7
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/test.in
 exceptiongroup==1.2.2
     # via pytest
 factory-boy==3.3.1