diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d224b61..ab9a0a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  scala:
    - "2.11.7"
  jdk:
-   - oraclejdk7
+   - oraclejdk8
  script: "sbt clean coverage test"
  after_success: "sbt coveralls"
  env: