diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 832cae494..b8098f3df 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 language: cpp
-dist: trusty
+
+dist: xenial
 
 sudo: false
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ addons:
     packages:
       - tcsh
       - pkg-config
-      - netcdf-bin libnetcdf-dev #libnetcdff-dev (only required on Debian)
+      - netcdf-bin libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev
       - gfortran
       - gcc
       - openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev