diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 64858028084c56b506b0bb604387f4349ad62f78..8d0173216d91ed396d538500ea5909ffc83efda8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-version: ~> 1.0
+language: nix
-import: nix-community/nix-travis-ci:nix.yml@main
+nix: 2.3.4
 
 sudo: false
 
@@ -23,11 +23,23 @@     - NUR_REPO=<YOUR_NUR_REPO_NAME_HERE>
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - env: NIX_PATH: nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable
+    - env: NIX_CHANNEL=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
+    - env: NIX_CHANNEL=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
+    - env: NIX_CHANNEL=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-20.03
+
-import: nix-community/nix-travis-ci:nix.yml@main
 
+    #
+ - nix --version
+ # for cachix we need travis to be a trusted nix user
+sudo: false
 import: nix-community/nix-travis-ci:nix.yml@main
 sudo: false
+
+ - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then travis_retry nix-channel --update; fi
+ - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install; fi
+ - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then cachix use "${CACHIX_CACHE}"; fi
+ - nix-channel --add "${NIX_CHANNEL}" nixpkgs
+ - travis_retry nix-channel --update
 
 script:
  - nix-build ci.nix -A buildOutputs