diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e2746581a23e2..62311c62d35bc9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ cache:
 
 before_install:
   - nvm install && nvm use
+  - npm install npm -g
 
 branches:
   only:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63fb7c963719eb..a1e1534261bb3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	],
 	"engines": {
 		"node": ">=8.0.0",
-		"npm": ">=5.0.0"
+		"npm": ">=6.0.0"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@wordpress/a11y": "1.0.6",