diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a4972bb8ea..5eb9d2dec0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.5-745 | 2018-07-17 16:46:16 -0500
+
+  * Add explicit key in Travis known_hosts (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
+
 2.5-743 | 2018-07-17 14:20:19 -0500
 
   * Port broker::data variant usages to use CAF API directly
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fd335625ba..46f8a42564 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5-743
+2.5-745
diff --git a/testing/scripts/travis-job b/testing/scripts/travis-job
index f006b898ce..c6221d76a2 100644
--- a/testing/scripts/travis-job
+++ b/testing/scripts/travis-job
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ run() {
         chmod 600 travis_key
         mkdir -p ~/.ssh
         mv travis_key ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-        ssh-keyscan -H -p 22 -t rsa git.bro.org >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+        echo "git.bro.org ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBEmlu+EaJfPKTVqoEUzb5JBEdvNiFxO2wm7Vl61dGBl57avakFl8YnRujbA2yxlpC2xnEKD5y++hXxtxRLefyCM=" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
         git clone ssh://git@git.bro.org/bro-testing-private
         rm ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     elif [ -n "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" != "false" ]; then