diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e1b54ca96..7085077dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ script:
 
 # verify swimm
 - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
-- curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/swimmio/SwimmReleases/releases/latest | grep 'browser_download_url.*swimm-cli' | cut -d '"' -f 4 | wget -O swimm_cli -qi -
-- chmod +x swimm_cli
+- curl -L https://github.com/swimmio/SwimmReleases/releases/download/v0.5.0-0/swimm-cli.js --output swimm_cli
 - node swimm_cli --version
 - node swimm_cli verify