diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f23ad0135..e73e46cbd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ script:
   - if [ "$GOOS" = "linux" ]; then sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH TESTFLAGS_PARALLEL=1 make integration ; fi
   - if [ "$GOOS" = "linux" ]; then
       sudo PATH=$PATH containerd -log-level debug &> /tmp/containerd-cri.log &
-      sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH critest --runtime-endpoint=/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock validation ;
+      sudo PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH critest --runtime-endpoint=/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock --ginkgo-flags=--nodes=8 validation ;
       exit_code=$? ;
       test $exit_code -ne 0 && cat /tmp/containerd-cri.log ;
       sudo pkill containerd ;
diff --git a/script/setup/install-critools b/script/setup/install-critools
index eb907f69f..f83c0f933 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-critools
+++ b/script/setup/install-critools
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
-CRITEST_COMMIT=240a840375cdabb5860c75c99e8b0d0a776006b4
+CRITEST_COMMIT=b184f9aefe60a4441330e615ee20634ee26474fb
 go get -d github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-tools/...
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-tools
 git checkout $CRITEST_COMMIT