diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e11af1b4..9ce86b75 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ matrix:
       env: RUN_LONG_TESTS=no
   fast_finish: true
   include:
-    - go: 1.8.x
-      env: RUN_LONG_TESTS=no
     - go: 1.9.x
-      env: RUN_LONG_TESTS=yes
+      env: RUN_LONG_TESTS=no
     - go: 1.10.x
+      env: RUN_LONG_TESTS=yes
+    - go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - RUN_LONG_TESTS=yes
         - DEPLOY_BINARIES=yes
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 724894f1..f7bfdf49 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ If you would like to use nightly builds (unstable), please use following reposit
 
 Binary executables (depends almost only on libc) are available for download from `Bintray <http://dl.bintray.com/smira/aptly/>`_.
 
-If you have Go environment set up, you can build aptly from source by running (go 1.8+ required)::
+If you have Go environment set up, you can build aptly from source by running (go 1.9+ required)::
 
     mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/aptly-dev/aptly
     git clone https://github.com/aptly-dev/aptly $GOPATH/src/github.com/aptly-dev/aptly