diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 930f9944..d7b23b94 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,19 +14,21 @@ matrix:
       install: ./ci/install-platformio.sh
       script: ./ci/build-platformio.sh
     - os: linux
-      dist: xenial
+      dist: bionic
       compiler: gcc
       install: ./ci/install-linux.sh && ./ci/log-config.sh
       script: ./ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
     - os: linux
-      dist: xenial
+      dist: bionic
       compiler: clang
       install: ./ci/install-linux.sh && ./ci/log-config.sh
       script: ./ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
     - os: linux
+      dist: bionic
       compiler: gcc
       env: BUILD_TYPE=Debug VERBOSE=1 CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11 -Wdeprecated"
     - os: linux
+      dist: bionic
       compiler: clang
       env: BUILD_TYPE=Release VERBOSE=1 CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11 -Wdeprecated" NO_EXCEPTION=ON NO_RTTI=ON COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX=ON
     - os: osx
@@ -48,16 +50,9 @@ script: ./ci/travis.sh
 # This section installs the necessary dependencies.
 addons:
   apt:
-    # List of whitelisted in travis packages for ubuntu-precise can be found here:
-    #   https://github.com/travis-ci/apt-package-whitelist/blob/master/ubuntu-precise
-    # List of whitelisted in travis apt-sources:
-    #   https://github.com/travis-ci/apt-source-whitelist/blob/master/ubuntu.json
-    sources:
-    - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-    - llvm-toolchain-precise-3.9
     packages:
-    - g++-4.9
-    - clang-3.9
+    - g++
+    - clang
     update: true
   homebrew:
     packages:
diff --git a/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh b/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
index ae8fb758..cfb06a9e 100755
--- a/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
+++ b/ci/build-linux-bazel.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@
 set -e
 
 bazel version
-bazel build --curses=no //...:all
 bazel test --curses=no //...:all
 bazel test --curses=no //...:all --define absl=1
diff --git a/ci/env-linux.sh b/ci/env-linux.sh
index 37800d6a..7d2b8a8c 100755
--- a/ci/env-linux.sh
+++ b/ci/env-linux.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
 # TODO() - we can check if this is being sourced using $BASH_VERSION and $BASH_SOURCE[0] != ${0}.
 
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "linux" ]; then
-    if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.9" CC="gcc-4.9"; fi
-    if [ "$CXX" = "clang++" ]; then export CXX="clang++-3.9" CC="clang-3.9"; fi
+    if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++" CC="gcc"; fi
+    if [ "$CXX" = "clang++" ]; then export CXX="clang++" CC="clang"; fi
 fi
diff --git a/ci/install-linux.sh b/ci/install-linux.sh
index 05e2cb28..f98ac7d8 100755
--- a/ci/install-linux.sh
+++ b/ci/install-linux.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_SUDO}" = "true" ]; then
     echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" | \
         sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
     curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
-    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y bazel gcc-4.9 g++-4.9 clang-3.9
+    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y bazel gcc g++ clang
 elif [ "${CXX}" = "clang++" ]; then
     # Use ccache, assuming $HOME/bin is in the path, which is true in the Travis build environment.
     ln -sf /usr/bin/ccache $HOME/bin/${CXX};