diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 589420f98..1553f479b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ after_success:
 jobs:
   include:
     - name: "Regtest functional tests"
+      language: python
+      python: 3.7
       before_install:
         - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
         - sudo apt-get -qq update