diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fd8b75d9..0fa74cd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ sudo: true
 language: bash
 dist: bionic
 
+env:
+  - PACKER_VERSION=1.7.6
+
 jobs:
     include:
     - env: PROVIDER=qemu TEMPLATE=windows_10 VIRT_GROUP=kvm
 
 install:
 # Install Packer. Travis ships with Packer 1.3, which is fairly old
-- wget -nv -nc -O packer_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.6.0/packer_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip
-- sudo unzip -o packer_1.6.0_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin
+- wget -nv -nc -O packer_$PACKER_VERSION_linux_amd64.zip https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/$PACKER_VERSION/packer_$PACKER_VERSION_linux_amd64.zip
+- sudo unzip -o packer_$PACKER_VERSION_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin
 
 # Install ansible
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible