diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b61ce80174..1fb368be41 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ before_script:
 - npm install -g bower gulp-cli@1
 - bower install
 - gulp lint-eslint
-- gulp update-types
-- git diff --exit-code
+- >-
+  npm run update-types && git diff --exit-code || (echo -e
+  '\n\033[31mERROR:\033[0m Typings are stale. Please run "npm run
+  update-types".' && false)
 script:
 - wct -l chrome -l firefox
 - if [ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ]; then travis_wait 30 ./util/travis-sauce-test.sh; fi