diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e3bc765fa6ec342c98ac17b7676bdd864e0afd18..c869f027a8fbd45089903f2b7444f07458840f65 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dist: trusty
+dist: xenial
 sudo: require
 
 language: python