diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
index 8cf6f2ce636da..f4e6c979f28a4 100755
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ b/ci/install_travis.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if [ -e ${REQ} ]; then
 fi
 
 time conda install -n pandas pytest
-time pip install pytest-xdist
+time pip install pytest-xdist==1.16.0
 
 if [ "$LINT" ]; then
    conda install flake8