diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0cd374fa8ea..4d9fec01068 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 sudo: false
 language: go
 go:
-  - 1.5.4
-  - 1.6.3
-  - 1.7
-  - tip
+  - 1.7.x
+  - 1.8.x
+  - master
 matrix:
-  include:
-    - go: 1.4.3
-      script:
-        - go get -t -v ./...
-        - go test -v -race ./...
   allow_failures:
-    - go: tip
+    - go: master
   fast_finish: true
 install:
   - # Do nothing. This is needed to prevent default install action "go get -t -v ./..." from happening here (we want it to happen inside script step).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99b93be88a4..abb1b2fa45c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go-github is a Go client library for accessing the [GitHub API][].
 **Build Status:** [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/go-github.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/go-github)  
 **Test Coverage:** [![Test Coverage](https://coveralls.io/repos/google/go-github/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/google/go-github?branch=master) ([gocov report](https://drone.io/github.com/google/go-github/files/coverage.html))
 
-go-github requires Go version 1.4 or greater.
+go-github requires Go version 1.7 or greater.
 
 ## Usage ##
 
diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 4bc6b7d0d8f..e9bb5185ed0 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	libraryVersion = "2"
+	libraryVersion = "3"
 	defaultBaseURL = "https://api.github.com/"
 	uploadBaseURL  = "https://uploads.github.com/"
 	userAgent      = "go-github/" + libraryVersion