diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a11387ca0..158af09d61 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 before_install:
   - "sudo pip install -r requirements.txt"
-  - "npm install"
+  - "npm install -g npm && npm install"
 
 before_script:
   - "./build.py plovr"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb9ccb0bc9..46d2831856 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "htmlparser2": "~3.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "closure-util": "~0.12.0",
+    "closure-util": "~0.14.0",
     "jshint": "~2.5.1",
     "jsdoc": "~3.3.0-alpha7",
     "taffydb": "~2.7.0",