diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8aa4106..f189119 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ dist: xenial # minimal version required for python 3.7 support
 python:
   - "2.7"
   - "3.6"
-  - "3.7-dev"  # until 3.7 is officially supported by travis this is only (simple) way to test it
-  - "nightly"
-
 matrix:
+  include:
+    - python: 3.7 # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/9069#issuecomment-425720905
+      sudo: true
   allow_failures:
     python: "nightly"