diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd54b068..bcd16f88 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 language: java
 sudo: false
 
+jdk:
+  - oraclejdk8
+
 env:
   # Give Maven 1GB of memory to work with
   - MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx1024M