The corresponding monobromides were obtained in the bromination of 1-alkyl-2-pyridones with bonded bromine (with N-bromosuccinimide and dioxane dibromide). The conditions under which the yields of the mixtures of isomers were 60–80%, and almost no dibromides were obtained, were found. It was established that the ratios of the 3- and 5-bromo isomers depend on the character of the brominating agent.