diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 20224a711..b2fbe4c0d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: go
 
 env:
-  - GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
+  - GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 GLIDE_VERSION="0.9.1"
 
 branches:
   only:
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ go:
   - 1.5
 
 install:
-  - wget "https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases/download/0.8.3/glide-0.8.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+  - wget "https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases/download/$GLIDE_VERSION/glide-$GLIDE_VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
   - mkdir -p $HOME/bin
-  - tar -vxz -C $HOME/bin --strip=1 -f glide-0.8.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  - tar -vxz -C $HOME/bin --strip=1 -f glide-$GLIDE_VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   - export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" GLIDE_HOME="$HOME/.glide"
 
 script: make bootstrap build test