diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b552f3ee567..15af121f5c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ before_install:
   - git submodule update --init --recursive
   - git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ./.nvm
   - source ./.nvm/nvm.sh
-  - nvm install 7.4.0
-  - nvm use 7.4.0
+  - nvm install 7.9.0
+  - nvm use 7.9.0
   - npm config set python `which python`
   - npm install -g gulp
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then