diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8f407fc..ad9060e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sudo: false
-language: python
+language: python3.6
 env:
   matrix:
     - ENV=test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ matrix:
 install:
   - |
     if [ "$ENV" = "test" ]; then
-      pip install pytest
+      python3.6 -m pip install pytest
     fi
 script:
   - vim --version
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 34a4603..5905620 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
-import urllib
+import urllib.request
 import zipfile
 
 import pytest
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         os.mkdir(CACHE_FOLDER)
 
     if not os.path.exists(VSPEC_FOLDER):
-        name, hdrs = urllib.urlretrieve(VSPEC_URL)
+        name, hdrs = urllib.request.urlretrieve(VSPEC_URL)
         z = zipfile.ZipFile(name)
         for n in z.namelist():
             dest = os.path.join(CACHE_FOLDER, n)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
                 os.makedirs(destdir)
             data = z.read(n)
             if not os.path.isdir(dest):
-                with open(dest, 'w') as f:
+                with open(dest, 'wb') as f:
                     f.write(data)
         z.close()
         os.chmod(VSPEC_RUNNER, 0o777)