diff --git a/templates/travis-ci/.travis.yml.tmpl b/templates/travis-ci/.travis.yml.tmpl
index b0eec0b7e..9c2943b3b 100644
--- a/templates/travis-ci/.travis.yml.tmpl
+++ b/templates/travis-ci/.travis.yml.tmpl
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # Auto-generated by fogg. Do not edit
 # Make improvements in fogg, so that everyone can benefit.
-language: minimal
+language: python
 sudo: required
+python: 3.6
+
 {{ if .Docker }}
 services:
   - docker
 {{ end }}
 install:
-  - pip install awscli --upgrade --user
+  - pip install awscli --upgrade
   - aws --version
   - curl -o download.sh -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chanzuckerberg/fogg/master/download.sh
   - travis_retry bash download.sh -b $HOME/bin v{{ .FoggVersion }}