diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 94db43c8b..9bdc33a16 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ language: go
 
 go:
   - 1.8.x
-  - 1.9beta2
+  - 1.9rc2
 
 # first part of the GOARCH workaround
 # setting the GOARCH directly doesn't work, since the value will be overwritten later