diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f66030ddd900794845a29dda4886327eb532d643..91cf7f90967c0a09dcb485aa9855b5e16a3e67f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+dist: xenial
 language: python
 
 matrix: