diff --git a/src/templates/core/.travis.yml b/src/templates/core/.travis.yml
index fd1660e..e6e5576 100644
--- a/src/templates/core/.travis.yml
+++ b/src/templates/core/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ cache:
 notifications:
   email: true
 node_js:
-  - '8'
+  - 'node'
+  - 'lts/*'
+install: npm install
 before_install:
   - npm install -g npm@5
   - npm install -g greenkeeper-lockfile@1