diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 801d0f6644..3bf58f6384 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ before_install:
 
 env:
  - "RAILS_VERSION=5.1.4"
+ - "ENGINE_CART_RAILS_OPTIONS=--skip-git --skip-bundle --skip-listen --skip-spring --skip-yarn --skip-keeps --skip-action-cable --skip-coffee"
 
 notifications:
   irc: "irc.freenode.org#blacklight"
diff --git a/blacklight.gemspec b/blacklight.gemspec
index 32750bf22d..bdb3a8adf4 100644
--- a/blacklight.gemspec
+++ b/blacklight.gemspec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "capybara", '~> 2.6'
   s.add_development_dependency "chromedriver-helper"
   s.add_development_dependency "selenium-webdriver"
-  s.add_development_dependency 'engine_cart', '~> 1.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'engine_cart', '~> 1.2'
   s.add_development_dependency "equivalent-xml"
   s.add_development_dependency "coveralls"
   s.add_development_dependency "simplecov"