diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 11e46003d4..a61b0cd25a 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     version += "-dev" + str(dev_version)
 
 install_requires = [
-    "astroid>=2.4.0,<=2.5",
+    "astroid>=2.4.0,<2.5",
     "isort>=4.2.5,<6",
     "mccabe>=0.6,<0.7",
     "toml>=0.7.1",