diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1308b968..918868af 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ cache:
 before_install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then export CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7; fi
   - if ! [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then npm run fetch-libsodium; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then node `npm prefix -g`/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js i -g npm@6.11.x; fi # node-gyp 5.0.5 does not work so downgrade npm until they release with node-gyp@6
 
 before_deploy:
   - ARCHIVE_NAME="${TRAVIS_TAG:-latest}-$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-`uname -m`.tar"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bf20774..aba4cf31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Current
 
+## v2.4.9
+
+* Downgrades npm on travis to 6.11.x as we cannot build prebuilds with node-gyp@5.0.5. Can be upgraded again when npm ships node-gyp@6.
+
 ## v2.4.8
 
 * Removing Node 4 and 6 from Travis as the config does not work there. We still build for 4 and 6 though.