diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f669ea71..dd9c8699 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 sudo: false
 language: java
-dist: precise
+
 jdk:
-  - openjdk6
-  - oraclejdk7
-  - openjdk7
-  - oraclejdk8
+  - openjdk8
+  - openjdk11
 after_success:
-  - mvn clean cobertura:cobertura coveralls:cobertura
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+  - mvn clean cobertura:cobertura coveralls:cobertura
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 010fa5c2..844c6e2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+              <plugin>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                  <version>3.8.1</version>
+                  <configuration>
+                      <source>1.8</source>
+                      <target>1.8</target>
+                      <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                      <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
+                      <fork>false</fork>
+                  </configuration>
+              </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>