diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c573992..114e957 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@
 #
 
 sudo: required
-group: deprecated-2017Q3
-language: scala
-scala:
-- 2.12.7
+dist: xenial
+jdk: openjdk8
+language: java
+
 services:
 - docker
+# required to support multi-stage build
+addons:
+   apt:
+     packages:
+       - docker-ce
+
 before_install:
 - "cat /etc/os-release"
 - "./tools/travis/setup.sh"
diff --git a/tools/travis/setup.sh b/tools/travis/setup.sh
index cfdb4bf..6315f1a 100755
--- a/tools/travis/setup.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/setup.sh
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# upgrade docker
-sudo apt-get -y update
-sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
-curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
-sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
-sudo apt-get update -y
-sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine
-sudo apt-get -y install docker-ce=17.06.2~ce-0~ubuntu
-
 # Build script for Travis-CI.
 
 SCRIPTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0") && pwd)