diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml b/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml
index 8dfba9f25..979b5f0a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpplint.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install cpplint
+          pip install cpplint==1.6.1
       - name: Linting
         run: |
-          cpplint --repository=. --recursive --filter=-build/c++11,-runtime/references,-readability/braces,-whitespace,-legal,-build/include ./src ./include ./lib/Hoymiles ./lib/MqttSubscribeParser ./lib/TimeoutHelper ./lib/ResetReason
+          cpplint --repository=. --recursive \
+            --filter=-build/c++11,-runtime/references,-readability/braces,-whitespace,-legal,-build/include \
+            ./src ./include ./lib/Hoymiles ./lib/MqttSubscribeParser ./lib/TimeoutHelper ./lib/ResetReason