diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1457c41..66f02d9f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
 go:
   - 1.6.4
   - 1.7.4
-  - 1.8beta1
+  - 1.8rc1
 
 # first part of the GOARCH workaround
 # setting the GOARCH directly doesn't work, since the value will be overwritten later