diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3e16c463eb6ed5..9a414f619ff17c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ branches:
     - master
 
 before_install:
-  - nvm install
+  - nvm install --latest-npm
 
 env: PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
 
diff --git a/bin/install-node-nvm.sh b/bin/install-node-nvm.sh
index d9cd1a6faf5102..9edc083833dc1d 100755
--- a/bin/install-node-nvm.sh
+++ b/bin/install-node-nvm.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ fi
 echo -e $(status_message "Installing and updating NPM packages..." )
 npm install
 
+# Make sure npm is up-to-date
+npm install npm -g
+
 # There was a bug in NPM that caused changes in package-lock.json. Handle that.
 if [ "$TRAVIS" != "true" ] && ! git diff --no-ext-diff --exit-code package-lock.json >/dev/null; then
 	if ask "$(warning_message "Your package-lock.json changed, which may mean there's an issue with your NPM cache. Would you like to try and automatically clean it up?" )" N 10; then