diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 14888ec3d7b..3819100ce0c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ matrix:
     include:
           # Run grunt/npm install on highest version ('node' is an alias for the latest node.js version.)
         - php: 7.1
-          env: DB=none     TASK=GRUNT   NVM_VERSION='8.9'
+          env: DB=none     TASK=GRUNT   NVM_VERSION='lts/carbon'
 
     exclude:
         # MySQL - it's just too slow.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d476d8fd44..d3b32ca13ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
     "xpath": "0.0.23"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "8.9"
+    "node": ">=8.9 <9"
   }
 }