diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a43ab7d..77867d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ env:
     - COVERAGE=coverage
     - DATALAD_DATASETS_TOPURL=http://datasets-tests.datalad.org
   matrix:
-    - DATALAD_REPO_VERSION=5
+    - DATALAD_REPO_VERSION=8
     - DATALAD_REPO_VERSION=