diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0ffb6968..8b3bb29e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ language: java
 
 jdk:
   - oraclejdk8
+  - oraclejdk9
 
 addons:
   apt:
diff --git a/jpa/eclipselink/pom.xml b/jpa/eclipselink/pom.xml
index d936a2b7..b89a216b 100644
--- a/jpa/eclipselink/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/eclipselink/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<name>Spring Data JPA - EclipseLink setup example</name>
 
 	<properties>
-		<eclipselink.version>2.6.4</eclipselink.version>
+		<eclipselink.version>2.7.1</eclipselink.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f067517..38d72415 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 	<modules>
 		<module>bom</module>
-		<module>cassandra</module>
 		<module>couchbase</module>
 		<module>elasticsearch</module>
 		<module>jdbc</module>
@@ -56,6 +55,37 @@
 				<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Lovelace-M2</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
+
+		<profile>
+			<id>java8</id>
+
+			<activation>
+				<jdk>1.8</jdk>
+			</activation>
+
+			<modules>
+
+				<!-- Embedded Cassandra (cassandra-all) is not compatible with Java runtime 9 and higher.
+				 See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-9608 -->
+				<module>cassandra</module>
+			</modules>
+		</profile>
+
+		<profile>
+			<id>java9</id>
+
+			<activation>
+				<jdk>9</jdk>
+			</activation>
+
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+
 	</profiles>
 
 	<developers>