diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3bfa93892..ad03d90f1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cache:
     - $HOME/.m2
 
 before_install:
-  - export GRADLE_VERSION=5.5.1
+  - export GRADLE_VERSION=6.2
   - wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-all.zip
   - unzip -q gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-all.zip
   - export PATH="$(pwd)/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}/bin:$PATH"