diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 560c7e638d6454900ff168a6dfb7a10af7432639..4c2df32648849f166d14f160a683968cf0672838 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ deploy:
     # all_branches is required to use tags
     all_branches: true
     # Only publish if our main Ruby target builds
-    rvm: 2.1.7
+    rvm: 2.1.9