diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 20eac886c..f4496d461 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: generic
-# Use Ubuntu 16.04
-dist: xenial
+# Use Ubuntu 18.04
+dist: bionic
 
 git:
   clone: false  # Clone manually to work around Travis issues like https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6337