diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3155469303..0eb700e4e3a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 language: shell
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
+# FIXME(#44398) shouldn't need to be here
+group: deprecated-2017Q3
 services:
   - docker