diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4d33edc5b..466a9890e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install:
 - if [ $PY_MAJ -eq 3 ]; then pip -q install pandas pyarrow cloudpickle lz4 jinja2; fi
 - if [ $PY_MAJ -eq 3 ]; then pip -q install https://github.com/Parsl/parsl/zipball/master; fi
 - if [ $PY_MAJ -eq 3 ] && [ $PY_MIN -ge 6 ]; then  pip -q install pyspark; fi
-- pip -q install "numpy<1.17.0" scipy numba tqdm matplotlib pytest pytest-runner flake8 --upgrade
+- pip -q install numpy scipy numba tqdm matplotlib pytest pytest-runner flake8 --upgrade
 - pip -q install ${AWKWARD}
 - pip -q install uproot 
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