diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b95eaafbe..6d889f3c23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: go
 go:
-  - 1.7.3
+  - 1.8.1
 
 # Don't want default ./... here:
 install: