diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c6e009291a2..6d57ebb1d2f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 language: c
-dist: trusty
-sudo: false
+dist: xenial
 group: beta
 
 # To cache doc-building dependencies and C compiler output.