diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9a2c01d2b..d6ea2d56a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ dist: trusty
 language: java
 jdk:
   - openjdk16
-
+before_install:
+  - wget https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
+  - tar xzvf apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
+  - export PATH=`pwd`/apache-maven-3.8.1/bin:$PATH
+  - mvn -v
 cache:
   directories:
     - '$HOME/.m2/repository'