diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
index 693a2fe1fd6a6..1c1d256fa83db 100755
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ b/ci/install_travis.sh
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ if [ "$CONDA_BUILD_TEST" ]; then
     conda install conda-build
 fi
 
-# TODO(jreback)
-echo
-echo "[fix conda version]"
-conda install conda=4.3.30
-
 echo
 echo "[add channels]"
 conda config --remove channels defaults || exit 1
@@ -114,6 +109,12 @@ if [ -e ${REQ} ]; then
     time bash $REQ || exit 1
 fi
 
+# Pin NumPy
+echo ["pin NumPy"]
+NUMPY_VERSION="$(conda list numpy | grep '^n.*' | awk '{print $2}')"
+conda config --env --add pinned_packages numpy=" ${NUMPY_VERSION}"
+conda config --show pinned_packages
+
 time conda install -n pandas pytest>=3.1.0
 time pip install pytest-xdist moto
 
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ fi
 
 echo
 echo "[show pandas]"
-conda list pandas
+conda list -n pandas
 
 echo
 echo "[done]"