diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd54b0688..0c782101a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
   - MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx1024M
 
 install:
-  - git clone https://github.com/vivo-project/Vitro.git ../Vitro
+  - git clone -b maint-rel-1.9 https://github.com/vivo-project/Vitro.git ../Vitro
 
 script:
   - "mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=false"