diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e99b04cfbd..703a63a5761 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ install:
   ## If we're running chutney, install it.
   - if [[ "$CHUTNEY" != "" ]]; then git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/torproject/chutney.git ; export CHUTNEY_PATH="$(pwd)/chutney"; fi
   ## If we're running stem, install it.
-  - if [[ "$TEST_STEM" != "" ]]; then git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/torproject/stem.git ; export STEM_SOURCE_DIR=`pwd`/stem; fi
+  ## XXXX We are temporarily fixing the version at d1174a83 to work around
+  ## https://github.com/torproject/stem/issues/63 .
+  ## - if [[ "$TEST_STEM" != "" ]]; then git clone --no-tags --depth 1 https://github.com/torproject/stem.git; export STEM_SOURCE_DIR=`pwd`/stem; fi
+  - if [[ "$TEST_STEM" != "" ]]; then git clone https://github.com/torproject/stem.git && ( cd ./stem && git checkout d1174a83c2dcb7b855d8fc986be3ab8f8d88d68c)  ; export STEM_SOURCE_DIR=`pwd`/stem; fi
   ##
   ## Finally, list installed package versions
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then dpkg-query --show; fi