diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5ae11f2065a9..5a524ec03a35 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ os: linux
 dist: trusty
 language: python
 python: 2.7
+group: deprecated-2017Q4
 services:
   - docker
 matrix: