diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 62ec3ee0c3..a155631cc0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ addons:
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
 install:
-  - npm install carto@0.12.1
+  - npm install carto@0.16.3
   - mkdir -p data/world_boundaries data/simplified-land-polygons-complete-3857 data/ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land data/ne_10m_populated_places data/land-polygons-split-3857
   - touch data/world_boundaries/builtup_area.shp data/simplified-land-polygons-complete-3857/simplified_land_polygons.shp data/ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land/ne_110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.shp data/ne_10m_populated_places/ne_10m_populated_places_fixed.shp data/land-polygons-split-3857/land_polygons.shp
 script:
   - jsonlint project.mml
-  - set -o pipefail && ./node_modules/carto/bin/carto project.mml | xmllint - | wc -l
+  - set -o pipefail && ./node_modules/carto/bin/carto -a 2.3.0 project.mml | xmllint - | wc -l
   - ./scripts/travis_check_project_files