diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 31d50074..c24b0be5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ before_install:
   - npm install protractor
   - 'export DISPLAY=:99.0'
   - 'sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start'
-  - 'node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update --standalone --firefox'
+  - 'node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update --standalone'
   - 'node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager start 2>&1 &'
   - sleep 3
 #before_script:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6394e54..70953a40 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "gulp-mocha": "~3.0.1",
     "gulp-ng-annotate": "~2.0.0",
     "gulp-nodemon": "~2.2.1",
-    "gulp-protractor": "^3.0.0",
+    "gulp-protractor": "^4.0.0",
     "gulp-refresh": "~1.1.0",
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.2",
     "gulp-rev": "^7.1.2",
diff --git a/protractor.conf.js b/protractor.conf.js
index b850439e..b9af1828 100644
--- a/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/protractor.conf.js
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ var config = {
 
 if (process.env.TRAVIS) {
   config.capabilities = {
-    browserName: 'firefox'
+    // Without this setting, Travis CI would default
+    // to using Chrome anyway.
+    // NOTE: Firefox is currently not working with
+    // the Travis CI builds. For more info see:
+    // https://github.com/meanjs/mean/pull/1805
+    browserName: 'chrome'
   };
 }