diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6bbb58fc6f..c421a95536 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 language: java
 jdk:
   - openjdk10
+before_install:
+  - wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.5.4/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip
+  - unzip -qq apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip
+  - export M2_HOME=$PWD/apache-maven-3.5.4
+  - export PATH=$M2_HOME/bin:$PATH
 install:
   - sh -c 'mvn install -DskipTests=true'
   - sh -c 'cd jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example && mvn install -DskipTests=true'