diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e13dac7db..4105e072a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ node_js:
   - "6"
   - "8"
   - "10"
+
+before_script:
+  # Ensure that bin script actually runs on used Node.js version
+  # to detect and avoid bugs such as apache/cordova-cli#339
+  # (<https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/issues/339>)
+  - ./bin/cordova --version