diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1d68873b6483cb291e8e2895fabe3c2bd81a1964..98b2e9ab9f3592fa5e5dcfce40e46e9123deb4d2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 sudo: false
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - '10.13.0'
+  - 10.13
+# if using Ubuntu 16 need this library
+# https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-documentation/pull/1647
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - libgconf-2-4
+
 notifications:
   irc: 'irc.freenode.org#tastejs'
 cache: