diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 60410e045..2b935135d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
 
 language: go
 go:
-  - 1.8
+  - 1.9
 
 go_import_path: github.com/coredns/coredns