diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ad7ec6..5cdb2a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ env:
 #       - env: ROS_DISTRO_NAME=kinetic OS_NAME=ubuntu OS_CODE_NAME=xenial ARCH=amd64
 install:
   # either install the latest released version of ros_buildfarm
-  - pip install ros_buildfarm
+  # - pip install ros_buildfarm
   # or checkout a specific branch
   #- git clone -b master https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/ros_buildfarm /tmp/ros_buildfarm
-  #- pip install /tmp/ros_buildfarm
+  # use rosdep_update_options (https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/ros_buildfarm/pull/890)
+  - git clone -b fix_674 https://github.com/k-okada/ros_buildfarm /tmp/ros_buildfarm
+  - pip install /tmp/ros_buildfarm
   # checkout catkin for catkin_test_results script
   - git clone https://github.com/ros/catkin /tmp/catkin
   # run devel job for a ROS repository with the same name as this repo
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ install:
   # download slam_gmapping to run rostest
   - git clone https://github.com/ros-perception/slam_gmapping $JOB_PATH/ws/src/slam_gmapping
   # generate the script to run a pre-release job for that target and repo
-  - generate_prerelease_script.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros-infrastructure/ros_buildfarm_config/production/index.yaml $ROS_DISTRO_NAME default $OS_NAME $OS_CODE_NAME $ARCH  --output-dir $JOB_PATH
+  - generate_prerelease_script.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros-infrastructure/ros_buildfarm_config/production/index.yaml $ROS_DISTRO_NAME default $OS_NAME $OS_CODE_NAME $ARCH  --output-dir $JOB_PATH --custom-rosdep-update-options=--include-eol-distros
   # run the actual job which involves Docker
   - cd $JOB_PATH; sh ./prerelease.sh -y
 script: