diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e641d3be9..72ac656dd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ jdk: oraclejdk8
 before_install:
   - export JAVA7_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
   - export JAVA8_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
-  - nvm install 4.1.1
-  - nvm use 4.1.1
-  - npm i -g npm@3
+  - nvm install 6.9.3
+  - nvm use 6.9.3
+  - npm i -g npm@4
   - sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
   - echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
   - sudo apt-get update