diff --git a/dev/lint-r.R b/dev/lint-r.R
index a4261d266bbc..96e20d410f09 100644
--- a/dev/lint-r.R
+++ b/dev/lint-r.R
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ if (! library(SparkR, lib.loc = LOCAL_LIB_LOC, logical.return = TRUE)) {
   stop("You should install SparkR in a local directory with `R/install-dev.sh`.")
 }
 
-# Installs lintr from Github in a local directory.
+# Installs lintr and dependencies from Github in a local directory.
+
+# Pinning Rcpp version to CRAN snapshot from 2017-10-15
+install.packages("Rcpp", repos = "https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2017-10-15", lib = LOCAL_LIB_LOC)
+
 # NOTE: The CRAN's version is too old to adapt to our rules.
-if ("lintr" %in% row.names(installed.packages()) == FALSE) {
-  devtools::install_github("jimhester/lintr@5431140")
-}
+# NOTE: We won't use the lintr package that might have been installed on the test machine
+devtools::with_libpaths(new = LOCAL_LIB_LOC, devtools::install_github("jimhester/lintr@5431140"))
 
-library(lintr)
+library(lintr, lib.loc = LOCAL_LIB_LOC)
+library(xmlparsedata, lib.loc = LOCAL_LIB_LOC)
 library(methods)
 library(testthat)
 path.to.package <- file.path(SPARK_ROOT_DIR, "R", "pkg")