diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85d8e79..1624ff9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ deps
 ebin
 .rebar
 log
+_build
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9aa9f96..d16a8cf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ otp_release:
     - 18.1
     - 18.2
     - 19.0
-script: "rebar get-deps compile && rebar skip_deps=true eunit"
+install:
+  - wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rebar3/rebar3 && chmod +x rebar3
+script:
+  - ./rebar3 get-deps
+  - ./rebar3 compile
+  - ./rebar3 eunit
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 7583293..5a842f4 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {deps, [
-        {hackney, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/benoitc/hackney.git", {branch, "master"}}},
+        {hackney, "1.8.6"},
         {exometer_core, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/Feuerlabs/exometer_core.git", "master"}}
        ]}.