diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ed21bf417112..e971a85534c59 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env:
   - DEPLOY_VERSION=testing
 before_install:
   - "npm config set spin false"
-  - "npm install -g npm@~2"
+  - "npm install -g npm/npm"
   - "sudo mkdir -p /var/run/couchdb"
 script: "npm run-script test-all"
 notifications: