diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ade6a1a12f..12afc7f48d6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ install:
       misc/ci/android-tools-linux.sh;
     fi
   - if [ "$PLATFORM" = "javascript" ]; then
-      git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git";
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch 1.39.19 https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk;
       ./emsdk/emsdk install latest;
       ./emsdk/emsdk activate --no-embedded latest;
     fi