diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c706505..304d3db7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 language: go
 go:
-  - 1.11.x
+  # test with the two most recent Go versions
   - 1.12.x
   - 1.13.x
 env:
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-0.3.8.linux-amd64.go1.6.2 GOARCH=amd64
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-0.3.8.linux-amd64.go1.6.2 GOARCH=386
   - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.0.0-compat.linux-amd64.go1.8 GOARCH=amd64
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.0.0-compat.linux-amd64.go1.8 GOARCH=386
   - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.1.0.linux-amd64.go1.10.3 GOARCH=amd64
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.1.0.linux-amd64.go1.10.3 GOARCH=386
+  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.2.0.linux-amd64.go1.12.9 GOARCH=amd64
+  # test most recent nsq version on GOARCH=386
+  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.2.0.linux-amd64.go1.12.9 GOARCH=386
 script:
   - ./travis.sh
 notifications:
diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 361eabd1..00000000
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
-
-
-[[projects]]
-  digest = "1:6a6322a15aa8e99bd156fbba0aae4e5d67b4bb05251d860b348a45dfdcba9cce"
-  name = "github.com/golang/snappy"
-  packages = ["."]
-  pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "v0.0.1"
-
-[solve-meta]
-  analyzer-name = "dep"
-  analyzer-version = 1
-  input-imports = ["github.com/golang/snappy"]
-  solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
-  solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f43019..00000000
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-
-# Gopkg.toml example
-#
-# Refer to https://github.com/golang/dep/blob/master/docs/Gopkg.toml.md
-# for detailed Gopkg.toml documentation.
-#
-# required = ["github.com/user/thing/cmd/thing"]
-# ignored = ["github.com/user/project/pkgX", "bitbucket.org/user/project/pkgA/pkgY"]
-#
-# [[constraint]]
-#   name = "github.com/user/project"
-#   version = "1.0.0"
-#
-# [[constraint]]
-#   name = "github.com/user/project2"
-#   branch = "dev"
-#   source = "github.com/myfork/project2"
-#
-# [[override]]
-#  name = "github.com/x/y"
-#  version = "2.4.0"
-
-
-[[constraint]]
-  name = "github.com/golang/snappy"
-  revision = "v0.0.1"
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 66196a3a..331e6a1a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20160529050041-d9eb7a3d35ec h1:ZaSUjYC8aWT/om43c8YVz0SqjT8ABtqw7REbZGsCroE=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20160529050041-d9eb7a3d35ec/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index bb8b999c..ead70a08 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,5 @@ wget http://bitly-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/nsq/$NSQ_DOWNLOAD.tar.gz
 tar zxvf $NSQ_DOWNLOAD.tar.gz
 export PATH=$NSQ_DOWNLOAD/bin:$PATH
 
-go_minor_version=$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F. '{print $2}')
-if [[ $go_minor_version -gt 10 ]]; then
-    export GO111MODULE=on
-else
-    wget -O dep https://github.com/golang/dep/releases/download/v0.5.0/dep-linux-amd64
-    chmod +x dep
-    ./dep ensure
-fi
-
+export GO111MODULE=on
 ./test.sh
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 7729346c..21a840d2 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package nsq
 
 // VERSION
-const VERSION = "1.0.7"
+const VERSION = "1.0.8"