diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57517b61..b850fb9e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: rust
 rust:
   - stable
-  - nightly
+  - nightly-2017-04-11 # workaround until https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustup.rs/issues/1062 is resolved
 script:
   - cargo build --verbose
   - cargo test --verbose --all