diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f5a665..80136a7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: python
 sudo: required
 group: deprecated-2017Q4
 env:
-  - PYTHON_VERSION=3.5
+  - PYTHON_VERSION=3.6
 before_install:
   - wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-3.7.3-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
   - chmod +x miniconda.sh
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ install:
   - qiita-env make --no-load-ontologies
   - source deactivate
   # installing this plugin
-  - wget https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2017.12-py35-linux-conda.yml
-  - travis_retry conda env create -q -n qtp-visualization --file qiime2-2017.12-py35-linux-conda.yml
-  - rm qiime2-2017.12-py35-linux-conda.yml
+  - wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qiime2/environment-files/master/latest/staging/qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml
+  - travis_retry conda env create -q -n qtp-visualization --file qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml
+  - rm qiime2-2019.1-py36-linux-conda.yml
   - source activate qtp-visualization
   - pip install https://github.com/qiita-spots/qiita_client/archive/master.zip
   - pip install coveralls flake8
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ script:
   - nosetests --with-doctest --with-coverage -v --cover-package=qtp_visualization
   - flake8 qtp_visualization setup.py scripts
 addons:
-  postgresql: "9.3"
+  postgresql: "9.5"
 services:
   - redis-server
   - postgresql