diff --git a/pavelib/quality.py b/pavelib/quality.py
index 924ed00e5d..a5c7eb4634 100644
--- a/pavelib/quality.py
+++ b/pavelib/quality.py
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ def find_fixme(options):
 
         sh(
             "{pythonpath_prefix} pylint --disable R,C,W,E --enable=fixme "
-            "-f parseable {apps} | tee {report_dir}/pylint_fixme.report".format(
+            "--msg-template={msg_template} {apps} "
+            "| tee {report_dir}/pylint_fixme.report".format(
                 pythonpath_prefix=pythonpath_prefix,
+                msg_template='"{path}:{line}: [{msg_id}({symbol}), {obj}] {msg}"',
                 apps=apps_list,
                 report_dir=report_dir
             )
@@ -97,10 +99,11 @@ def run_pylint(options):
         )
 
         sh(
-            "{pythonpath_prefix} pylint {flags} -f parseable {apps} | "
+            "{pythonpath_prefix} pylint {flags} --msg-template={msg_template} {apps} | "
             "tee {report_dir}/pylint.report".format(
                 pythonpath_prefix=pythonpath_prefix,
                 flags=" ".join(flags),
+                msg_template='"{path}:{line}: [{msg_id}({symbol}), {obj}] {msg}"',
                 apps=apps_list,
                 report_dir=report_dir
             )
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index f92ec1806a..72463fa125 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -26,53 +26,46 @@ load-plugins=
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
-# multiple time.
+# multiple time. See also the "--disable" option for examples.
 #enable=
 
 # Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
-# can either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
-# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
-# it should appear only once).
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once).You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W"
 disable=
-# Never going to use these
-# I0011: Locally disabling W0232
-# C0301: Line too long
-# W0141: Used builtin function 'map'
-# W0142: Used * or ** magic
-# R0921: Abstract class not referenced
-# R0922: Abstract class is only referenced 1 times
-    I0011,C0301,W0141,W0142,R0921,R0922,
-
-# Django makes classes that trigger these
-# W0232: Class has no __init__ method
-    W0232,
-
-# Disable 'fixme' so that quality builds don't fail due to them
-    W0511,
-
-# Might use these when the code is in better shape
-# C0302: Too many lines in module
-# R0201: Method could be a function
-# R0901: Too many ancestors
-# R0902: Too many instance attributes
-# R0903: Too few public methods (1/2)
-# R0904: Too many public methods
-# R0911: Too many return statements
-# R0912: Too many branches
-# R0913: Too many arguments
-# R0914: Too many local variables
-    C0302,R0201,R0901,R0902,R0903,R0904,R0911,R0912,R0913,R0914
+    locally-disabled,
+    too-few-public-methods,
+    bad-builtin,
+    star-args,
+    abstract-class-not-used,
+    abstract-class-little-used,
+    no-init,
+    fixme,
+    too-many-lines,
+    no-self-use,
+    too-many-ancestors,
+    too-many-instance-attributes,
+    too-few-public-methods,
+    too-many-public-methods,
+    too-many-return-statements,
+    too-many-branches,
+    too-many-arguments,
+    too-many-locals
 
 
 [REPORTS]
 
 # Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, msvs
-# (visual studio) and html
+# (visual studio) and html. You can also give a reporter class, eg
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
 output-format=text
 
-# Include message's id in output
-include-ids=yes
-
 # Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
 # command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
 # written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]".
@@ -92,8 +85,111 @@ evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / stateme
 # evaluation report (RP0004).
 comment=no
 
-# Display symbolic names of messages in reports
-symbols=yes
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details
+#msg-template=
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Required attributes for module, separated by a comma
+required-attributes=
+
+# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
+bad-functions=map,filter,apply,input
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module names
+module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module level names
+const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__)|log|urlpatterns)$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct class names
+class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct function names
+# Normally limited to 30 chars, but test names can be as long as they want
+function-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}|test_[a-z0-9_]+)$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct method names
+# Normally, should be all lower, but some exceptions for unittest methods
+method-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,40}|setUp|set[Uu]pClass|tearDown|tear[Dd]ownClass|assert[A-Z]\w*|maxDiff|test_[a-z0-9_]+)$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct instance attribute names
+attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct argument names
+argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct variable names
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct attribute names in class
+# bodies
+class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct list comprehension /
+# generator expression variable names
+inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
+good-names=f,i,j,k,db,ex,Run,_,__
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
+bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=__.*__|test_.+|setUp|tearDown
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=120
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled
+no-space-check=trailing-comma,dict-separator
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually " " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=no
 
 
 [TYPECHECK]
@@ -140,83 +236,6 @@ generated-members=
 # For django models
     _meta,
 
-[BASIC]
-
-# Required attributes for module, separated by a comma
-required-attributes=
-
-# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
-bad-functions=map,filter,apply,input
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct module names
-module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct module level names
-const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__)|log|urlpatterns)$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct class names
-class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct function names
-function-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}|test_[a-z0-9_]+)$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct method names
-method-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,60}|setUp|set[Uu]pClass|tearDown|tear[Dd]ownClass|assert[A-Z]\w*|maxDiff|test_[a-z0-9_]+)$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct instance attribute names
-attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct argument names
-argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct variable names
-variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
-# Regular expression which should only match correct list comprehension /
-# generator expression variable names
-inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
-
-# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
-good-names=f,i,j,k,db,ex,Run,_,__
-
-# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
-bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
-
-# Regular expression which should only match functions or classes name which do
-# not require a docstring
-no-docstring-rgx=__.*__|test_.*|setUp|tearDown
-
-
-[MISCELLANEOUS]
-
-# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
-notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
-
-
-[FORMAT]
-
-# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
-max-line-length=120
-
-# Maximum number of lines in a module
-max-module-lines=1000
-
-# String used as indentation unit. This is usually " " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
-# tab).
-indent-string='    '
-
-
-[SIMILARITIES]
-
-# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
-min-similarity-lines=4
-
-# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
-ignore-comments=yes
-
-# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
-ignore-docstrings=yes
-
 
 [VARIABLES]
 
@@ -232,22 +251,20 @@ dummy-variables-rgx=_|dummy|unused|.*_unused
 additional-builtins=
 
 
-[IMPORTS]
+[CLASSES]
 
-# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
-deprecated-modules=regsub,string,TERMIOS,Bastion,rexec,track.views
+# List of interface methods to ignore, separated by a comma. This is used for
+# instance to not check methods defines in Zope's Interface base class.
+ignore-iface-methods=isImplementedBy,deferred,extends,names,namesAndDescriptions,queryDescriptionFor,getBases,getDescriptionFor,getDoc,getName,getTaggedValue,getTaggedValueTags,isEqualOrExtendedBy,setTaggedValue,isImplementedByInstancesOf,adaptWith,is_implemented_by
 
-# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
-# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
-import-graph=
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
 
-# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
-# not be disabled)
-ext-import-graph=
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
 
-# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
-# not be disabled)
-int-import-graph=
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
 
 
 [DESIGN]
@@ -266,7 +283,7 @@ max-locals=15
 max-returns=6
 
 # Maximum number of branch for function / method body
-max-branchs=12
+max-branches=12
 
 # Maximum number of statements in function / method body
 max-statements=50
@@ -284,17 +301,22 @@ min-public-methods=2
 max-public-methods=20
 
 
-[CLASSES]
+[IMPORTS]
 
-# List of interface methods to ignore, separated by a comma. This is used for
-# instance to not check methods defines in Zope's Interface base class.
-ignore-iface-methods=isImplementedBy,deferred,extends,names,namesAndDescriptions,queryDescriptionFor,getBases,getDescriptionFor,getDoc,getName,getTaggedValue,getTaggedValueTags,isEqualOrExtendedBy,setTaggedValue,isImplementedByInstancesOf,adaptWith,is_implemented_by
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
+deprecated-modules=regsub,TERMIOS,Bastion,rexec
 
-# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
-defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
+import-graph=
 
-# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
-valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+int-import-graph=
 
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 9a42af8aed..357d421c13 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ nose-exclude
 nose-ignore-docstring
 nosexcover==1.0.7
 pep8==1.5.7
-pylint==0.28
+pylint==1.4.0
 python-subunit==0.0.16
 rednose==0.3
 selenium==2.42.1
diff --git a/scripts/all-tests.sh b/scripts/all-tests.sh
index cb4f502eb0..97376de102 100755
--- a/scripts/all-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/all-tests.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ set -e
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Violations thresholds for failing the build
-PYLINT_THRESHOLD=4600
+PYLINT_THRESHOLD=5800
 PEP8_THRESHOLD=0
 
 source $HOME/jenkins_env