diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5b644360b60086729d4c52a93a2d9b0e2bd14e85..501b31e22d48275bb2deae4cba9d157c3c1390a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ matrix:
       dist: trusty
       sudo: required
     - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode9.4
 before_script:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
       brew update;
-      brew install cppunit protobuf log4cxx popt jsoncpp;
-      travis_wait 30 brew install -s libswiften;
+      brew install cppunit protobuf log4cxx popt jsoncpp libswiften;
     fi
 script:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then