diff --git a/travis.pl b/travis.pl
index 988fb958d..61b11e433 100644
--- a/travis.pl
+++ b/travis.pl
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ sub install_xcat{
         }
     }
 
-    my $cmd = "sudo apt-get install xcat --force-yes";
+    my $cmd = "sudo apt-get install xcat --allow-remove-essential --allow-unauthenticated";
     @output = runcmd("$cmd");
     #print ">>>>>Dumper the output of '$cmd'\n";
     #print Dumper \@output;
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ sub check_syntax{
 # Return code:
 #--------------------------------------------------------
 sub run_fast_regression_test{
-    my $cmd = "sudo apt-get install xcat-test --force-yes";
+    my $cmd = "sudo apt-get install xcat-test --allow-remove-essential --allow-unauthenticated";
     my @output = runcmd("$cmd");
     if($::RUNCMD_RC){
          print RED "[run_fast_regression_test] $cmd ....[Failed]\n";