diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 35c51b3c1..1bb68ec43 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 rvm:
   - 2.0.0
 
-before_install: wget --no-check-certificate https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/packer/0.5.2_linux_amd64.zip && unzip -d packer 0.5.2_linux_amd64.zip
+before_install: wget --no-check-certificate https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/packer/0.6.1_linux_amd64.zip && unzip -d packer 0.6.1_linux_amd64.zip
 before_script: export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/packer
 
 script: bundle exec thor packer:validate