diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d9a0793..f133bed 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ cache:
     - $HOME/.sbt/launchers
 scala:
    - 2.11.6
+jdk:
+  - oraclejdk8
 apt:
     sources:
       - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ before_install:
   - pip install --user codecov unittest2 nose pep8 pylint --download-cache $HOME/.pip-cache
 script:
   - "export SPARK_CONF_DIR=./log4j/"
+  - sbt sbtVersion
   - sbt compile test
   - "[ -f spark] || mkdir spark && cd spark && wget http://d3kbcqa49mib13.cloudfront.net/spark-1.6.1-bin-hadoop2.6.tgz && cd .."
   - "tar -xf ./spark/spark-1.6.1-bin-hadoop2.6.tgz"