diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5099dbf9985f..d790ca48cb57 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ env:
 matrix:
   include:
     - python: 2.7
-      env: MOCK=mock NUMPY=numpy==1.7.1 PANDAS=pandas NOSE=nose
+      env: MOCK=mock NUMPY=numpy==1.7.1 PANDAS='pandas<0.21.0' NOSE=nose
     - python: 3.4
       env: PYTHON_ARGS=-OO
     - python: 3.6
-      env: DELETE_FONT_CACHE=1 INSTALL_PEP8=pytest-pep8 RUN_PEP8=--pep8 PANDAS=pandas
+      env: DELETE_FONT_CACHE=1 INSTALL_PEP8=pytest-pep8 RUN_PEP8=--pep8 PANDAS='pandas<0.21.0'
     - python: "nightly"
       env: PRE=--pre
     - os: osx