diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9c72ab75a47..3cea8e9d2a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+sudo: true
 language: java
 jdk:
 - oraclejdk8
@@ -44,8 +45,6 @@ before_install:
   || true
 # Cross project - GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS uses cloud-docs-tests, but BQ uses G_C_P (argh!)
 - export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=java-docs-samples-tests
-# Give Maven a bit more memory
-- export MAVEN_OPTS='-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -Xmx2g'
 # Skip the install step, since Maven will download the dependencies we need
 # when the test build runs.
 # http://stackoverflow.com/q/31945809/101923
@@ -57,3 +56,5 @@ after_success:
 branches:
   only:
   - master
+  - java8-master
+
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 60896e4d390..4d9af1a8ce7 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ set -x
 set -o pipefail
 shopt -s globstar
 
+
 SKIP_TESTS=false
 if [ -z "$GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS" ] ; then
   SKIP_TESTS=true
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ common_travis_dir="$(travis_changed_files_parent)"
 
 [ -z "$common_travis_dir" ] || pushd "$common_travis_dir"
 
+# Give Maven a bit more memory
+export MAVEN_OPTS='-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -Xmx2g -Xms512m'
 ./mvnw  --batch-mode clean verify -e -DskipTests=$SKIP_TESTS | egrep -v "(^\[INFO\] Download|^\[INFO\].*skipping)"
 
 [ -z "$common_travis_dir" ] || popd