diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 708d64cf5..ab43ba5b1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ env:
   global:
     - NODE_VERSION=8
     - EMULATOR_API_LEVEL=23
-    - ANDROID_VERSION=25
-    - ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=27.0.3
+    - ANDROID_VERSION=28
+    - ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=28.0.2
     - ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a
-    - APPIUM_VERSION=1.7.0
     - EMULATOR_NAME=test
     - ANDROID_TAG=google_apis
 
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ android:
   components:
     - tools
     - platform-tools
+    - android-$ANDROID_VERSION
     - build-tools-$ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION
     - android-$EMULATOR_API_LEVEL
     - extra-google-google_play_services
diff --git a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
index 5ce05051e..2d1b54d97 100644
--- a/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
+++ b/e2e/modal-navigation-ng/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     "zone.js": "~0.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@ngtools/webpack": "~6.1.0",
     "@angular/compiler-cli": "~6.1.0",
+    "@ngtools/webpack": "~6.1.0",
     "@types/chai": "^4.0.2",
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.41",
     "@types/node": "^7.0.5",
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     "css-loader": "~0.28.11",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "~3.0.2",
     "lazy": "1.0.11",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "mocha-junit-reporter": "~1.17.0",
+    "mocha-multi": "~1.0.0",
     "nativescript-dev-appium": "next",
     "nativescript-dev-typescript": "next",
     "nativescript-dev-webpack": "^0.13.0",
diff --git a/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json b/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
index 622152e08..334eedea7 100644
--- a/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
+++ b/e2e/router-tab-view/package.json
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@
     "zone.js": "~0.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/chai": "^4.0.2",
+    "@types/mocha": "^2.2.41",
+    "@types/node": "^7.0.5",
     "babel-traverse": "6.26.0",
     "babel-types": "6.26.0",
     "babylon": "6.18.0",
     "lazy": "1.0.11",
-    "nativescript-dev-appium": "^3.1.0",
+    "mocha": "~5.1.0",
+    "mocha-junit-reporter": "~1.17.0",
+    "mocha-multi": "~1.0.0",
+    "nativescript-dev-appium": "next",
     "nativescript-dev-typescript": "~0.6.0",
-    "typescript": "~2.7.2",
-    "@types/chai": "^4.0.2",
-    "@types/mocha": "^2.2.41",
-    "@types/node": "^7.0.5"
+    "typescript": "~2.7.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "e2e": "tsc -p e2e && mocha --opts ../config/mocha.opts --recursive e2e --appiumCapsLocation ../config/appium.capabilities.json",