diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf1ac60..7b682ee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@
   sudo: required
   language: go
   dist: trusty
+  osx_image: xcode9
   os:
     - linux
     - osx
   notifications:
     email: false
   go:
-    - 1.8
-  install: make deps
+    - 1.8.1
+  before_install:
+    # work-around for issue https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6307
+    # might not be necessary in the future
+    - command curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import -
+    - rvm get stable
   addons:
     apt:
       packages:
         - libsecret-1-dev
         - pass
   before_script:
+    - make deps
     - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
     - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux"  ]]; then sh ci/before_script_linux.sh; fi
     - make validate
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 282e1d5..04eadb0 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ image: Visual Studio 2015
 environment:
       GOPATH: c:\gopath
 
+stack: go 1.8.7
+
 clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\docker-credential-helpers
 clone_depth: 10
 
 before_build:
   - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\MinGW\bin;
-  - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\go18\bin;
-  - set GOROOT=C:\go18
 
 build_script:
   - mingw32-make vet_win wincred