diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e9800ac21..8f075cb917 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 language: java
-sudo: false
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 
 before_install:
  - "export JAVA_OPTS='-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m'"