diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1ec2aeb65..dbd4eb8f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 language: php
 php:
-  - '5.4'
-  - '5.5'
-  - '5.6'
-  - '7.0'
-  - '7.1'
-  - '7.2'
+  - 5.4
+  - 5.5
+  - 5.6
+  - 7.0
+  - 7.1
+  - 7.2
+  - 7.3
 
 install:
   # newest version without https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1404
-  - composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer "<=3.0.0RC4"
+  - composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer
 
 script:
   - phpenv rehash
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
index d79e2a4d9..c6cc44e80 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <ruleset name="FreshRSS Ruleset">
 	<description>Created with the PHP Coding Standard Generator. https://edorian.github.com/php-coding-standard-generator/</description>
 	<!-- to circumvent https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1404 -->
-	<!--<arg name="tab-width" value="10"/>-->
+	<arg name="tab-width" value="40"/>
 	<exclude-pattern>./static</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>./vendor</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>./lib/SimplePie/</exclude-pattern>
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 		<exclude-pattern>./app/SQL/install.sql.mysql.php</exclude-pattern>
 		<exclude-pattern>./app/SQL/install.sql.pgsql.php</exclude-pattern>
 		<properties>
-			<property name="lineLimit" value="80"/>
-			<property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="180"/>
+			<property name="lineLimit" value="100"/>
+			<!-- needs to be large to accomodate extra large tab width to circumvent https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1404 -->
+			<property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="500"/>
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 	<!-- When calling a function: -->