diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 63f94930d0..69aee58f94 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install:
   - composer --verbose install
 
 script:
-  - if [[ $RELEASE = dev ]]; then composer --verbose require --no-update drupal/core:8.1.x-dev; fi;
+  - if [[ $RELEASE = dev ]]; then composer --verbose require --no-update drupal/core:8.3.x-dev; fi;
   - if [[ $RELEASE = dev ]]; then composer --verbose update; fi;
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/web
   - ./../vendor/bin/drush site-install --verbose --yes --db-url=sqlite://tmp/site.sqlite