diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 97af4ab..8179d3c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: java
 jdk:
-  - oraclejdk7
+  - oraclejdk8
 before_install:  
  - "echo $JAVA_OPTS"
  - "export JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx512m"