diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1abdffa1d..62610a1c0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cache:
   - $HOME/.m2
 
 before_install:
-  - export GRADLE_VERSION=5.2.1
+  - export GRADLE_VERSION=5.5.1
   - 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"