diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a3e0b5d..93bc7c3d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 language: go
+go:
+    - 1.8
 install:
     - go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo
     - git clone https://github.com/alanorth/hugo-theme-bootstrap4-blog.git themes/hugo-theme-bootstrap4-blog