diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7890d4943..a06c8100e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
 bundler_args: --without development production --retry=3 --jobs=3
 
 install:
-  - npm install -g npm@2
+  - npm install -g npm@3
   - npm install
   - bundle install