diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e20500d..c656d0bb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ before_install:
   - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" install -y docker-engine
 
 script:
-    - cd linux/test && ./docker-build.sh $ENV && docker run -d omero_install_test_$ENV
+    - cd linux/test && JAVAVER=openjdk17-devel ./docker-build.sh $ENV && docker run -d omero_install_test_$ENV
     # Sadly, no test for Windows or OS X here.