diff --git a/ci/travis/before_script.sh b/ci/travis/before_script.sh
index 4a15d96cf..67fd9360d 100755
--- a/ci/travis/before_script.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/before_script.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ header 'Running before_script.sh...'
 # Required workarounds
 if ! run command -v gpg2 &>/dev/null; then run brew unlink gnupg && run brew install gpg2; fi # After El Capitan is no longer needed, this can likely be removed
 run gpg2 --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 # Required by RVM: https://rvm.io/rvm/security
-run rvm get head # Required due to Travis bug: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6307#issuecomment-233315824
+run rvm get stable # Required due to Travis bug: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6307#issuecomment-233315824
 
 # see https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/2666
 run export BRANCH_COMMIT="${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE##*.}"