diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d8f18824b..a9ede4ae6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 os: linux
-dist: xenial
-sudo: required
+dist: bionic
 before_install:
-- sudo apt-get install -y git fakeroot reprepro devscripts debhelper libcapture-tiny-perl libjson-perl libsoap-lite-perl libdbi-perl quilt openssh-server dpkg looptools genometools software-properties-common
+- sudo apt-get install -y git fakeroot reprepro devscripts debhelper libcapture-tiny-perl libjson-perl libsoap-lite-perl libdbi-perl libcgi-pm-perl quilt openssh-server dpkg looptools genometools software-properties-common
 - perl -v
 #- echo "yes" | sudo cpan -f -i Capture::Tiny
 
diff --git a/travis.pl b/travis.pl
index abcf39047..5cab615ec 100644
--- a/travis.pl
+++ b/travis.pl
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ sub install_xcat{
 
     my @cmds = ("cd ./../../xcat-core && sudo ./mklocalrepo.sh",
                "sudo chmod 777 /etc/apt/sources.list",
-               "sudo echo \"deb [arch=amd64 allow-insecure=yes] http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/devel/xcat-dep xenial main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list",
-               "sudo echo \"deb [arch=ppc64el allow-insecure=yes] http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/devel/xcat-dep xenial main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list",
+               "sudo echo \"deb [arch=amd64 allow-insecure=yes] http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/devel/xcat-dep bionic main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list",
+               "sudo echo \"deb [arch=ppc64el allow-insecure=yes] http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/devel/xcat-dep bionic main\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list",
                "sudo wget -q -O - \"http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/apt.key\" | sudo apt-key add -",
-               "sudo apt-get -qq update");
+               "sudo apt-get -qq --allow-insecure-repositories update");
     my @output;
     foreach my $cmd (@cmds){
         print "[install_xcat] running $cmd\n";