diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0769863058f1..53b3a9adf9d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,19 +7,14 @@ language: go
 go:
 - "1.11"
 addons:
-  postgresql: "10"
-  apt:
-    packages:
-    - postgresql-10
-    - postgresql-client-10
+  postgresql: 9.6
 
 # add TF_CONSUL_TEST=1 to run consul tests
 # they were causing timouts in travis
 # add TF_ETCDV3_TEST=1 to run etcdv3 tests
 # if added, TF_ETCDV3_ENDPOINTS must be set to a comma-separated list of (insecure) etcd endpoints against which to test
 env:
-  - CONSUL_VERSION=0.7.5 GOMAXPROCS=4
-  - DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/terraform_backend_pg_test?sslmode=disable
+  - CONSUL_VERSION=0.7.5 GOMAXPROCS=4 DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/terraform_backend_pg_test?sslmode=disable
 
 # Fetch consul for the backend and provider tests
 before_install:
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
 - git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf ssh://git@github.com/
-- psql -c 'create database terraform_backend_pg_test;' -U postgres
+- psql --command 'create database terraform_backend_pg_test;' --host localhost --username postgres
 
 script:
 - make vendor-status