diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 386deb99..a2d0a97b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ env:
   - TOXENV=pypy3
   - TOXENV=flake8
 install:
+  - pip install 'coverage<4'
   - pip install tox coveralls
 script:
   - tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 89eeb943..cec4e905 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ envlist = py26, py27, py32, py33, py34, pypy, pypy3, flake8
 passenv = TRAVIS TRAVIS_JOB_ID TRAVIS_BRANCH
 deps =
     nose
-    coverage
+    coverage<4
     coveralls
 commands =
     nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=tqdm -v tqdm/