diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b18c3bab..593340f5c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ osx_image: xcode8.3
 install:
   - nvm install 7
   - rm -Rf "${TMPDIR}/jest_preprocess_cache"
-  - wget https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/releases/download/v0.16.0/yarn-0.16.0.js
-  - export yarn="node $(pwd)/yarn-0.16.0.js"
-  - $yarn install
+  - brew install yarn --ignore-dependencies
+  - yarn install
 
 script:
   - if [[ "$TEST_TYPE" = objc-ios ]]; then travis_retry travis_wait 30 ./scripts/objc-test-ios.sh test; fi
diff --git a/ContainerShip/Dockerfile.javascript b/ContainerShip/Dockerfile.javascript
index d9fc1f57c..7c1e14bb9 100644
--- a/ContainerShip/Dockerfile.javascript
+++ b/ContainerShip/Dockerfile.javascript
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM library/node:6.9.2
 
-ENV YARN_VERSION=0.19.1
+ENV YARN_VERSION=0.27.5
 
 # install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install ocaml libelf-dev -y