diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dce9b3b..03e0d01 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 language: C
+dist: bionic
 sudo: enabled
 script: sudo apt install autopoint gettext libcunit1 libcunit1-dev &&  autoreconf -i && ./configure && make && make test