diff --git a/travis-node-script.sh b/travis-node-script.sh
index 6fa0ded0..65a2b073 100644
--- a/travis-node-script.sh
+++ b/travis-node-script.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ rm -rf ~/.nvm
 git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm
 (cd ~/.nvm && git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`)
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-nvm install v0.12.18
+nvm install v4.8.6
 
 npm install
 npm test