diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 125fd2a4..d6018bd8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - node
+  # Don't use Node 12 while we wait for transitive dependencies to upgrade nan
+  # https://github.com/nodejs/nan/issues/849
+  - "11.10.0"
 script: >
   npm run travis-tests