diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a3fe93b67..4bf9c60e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
   global:
     - NESII_CHANNEL="nesii"
   matrix:
-    - CONDA_PYTHON="python=2.7", OCGIS_DEPS_ADDS="icclim esmpy"
+    - CONDA_PYTHON="python=2.7", OCGIS_DEPS_ADDS="icclim esmpy xarray"
     - CONDA_PYTHON="python=3.5", OCGIS_DEPS_ADDS=""
     - CONDA_PYTHON="python=3.6", OCGIS_DEPS_ADDS=""