diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8ce9da04be6..c8c68bd96d4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ language: rust
 rust: nightly
 sudo: false
 
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - $HOME/.yarn-cache
+cache: yarn
 
 before_install:
   - nvm install 4.6.0
   - export PATH=/usr/local/phantomjs-2.0.0/bin:$PATH
-  - npm config set spin false
-  - npm install -g yarn
+  - sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv D101F7899D41F3C3
+  - echo "deb http://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install -y -qq yarn
 
 install:
   - pip install 'travis-cargo<0.2' --user && export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH