diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4b9c359f2..1c0d43356 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ jobs:
         #   launching minikube test environment
         - travis_terminate 0    # deploy only on x86
 
+    - stage: e2e testing
+      name: cephcsi with kube 1.16.9
+      script:
+        - scripts/skip-doc-change.sh || travis_terminate 0;
+        - make image-cephcsi || travis_terminate 1;
+        - scripts/travis-functest.sh v1.16.9 || travis_terminate 1;
+
     - stage: e2e testing
       name: cephcsi with kube 1.17.5
       script: