diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index af4b960fcc9..97bc986293a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ language: python
 python:
   - 3.6
 dist: xenial
+
+env:
+  global:
+    - NODE_VERSION=10.17.0
+
 matrix:
   include:
     - python: 3.6
@@ -27,8 +32,8 @@ install:
   - pip install tox-travis
   - curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
   - source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-  - nvm install --lts
-  - nvm use --lts
+  - nvm install $NODE_VERSION
+  - nvm use $NODE_VERSION
   - npm install -g bower
   - npm install
   - bower install
diff --git a/docs/development/front-end.rst b/docs/development/front-end.rst
index 7a28864a110..4646317cc79 100644
--- a/docs/development/front-end.rst
+++ b/docs/development/front-end.rst
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ in.
 Getting Started
 ---------------
 
-You will need a working version of Node and NPM to get started. We won't cover
-that here, as it varies from platform to platform.
+You will need a working version of Node (tested with ``v10.17.0``) and NPM to get started.
+We won't cover that here, as it varies from platform to platform.
 
 To install these tools and dependencies::
 
diff --git a/docs/development/install.rst b/docs/development/install.rst
index e41897ee22d..e6067047800 100644
--- a/docs/development/install.rst
+++ b/docs/development/install.rst
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ see :doc:`buildenvironments`.
 For building this documentation,
 see :doc:`docs`.
 
-And for setting up for the front end development, see :doc:`standards`.
+And for setting up for the front end development, see :doc:`front-end`.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8383c86eeba..001a6fc123b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ commands =
     --die-on-tool-error {posargs}
 
 [testenv:eslint]
+whitelist_externals = npm
 description = run the JavaScript linter (requires `npm install`)
 commands =
     npm run lint