diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 74bcf10e..860dbc6b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,16 +19,20 @@ compiler: gcc
 env:
     - BUILD_TYPE=debug
     - BUILD_TYPE=release
-dist: xenial
+dist: bionic
 services:
     - docker
 before_install:
-    - sudo apt-get update
+    - sudo apt update -y
 install:
+    - sudo apt install openssl-dev libyaml-dev libncurses-dev libc-ares-dev libprotobuf-dev jq -y
     - export BRANCH=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH; else echo $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH; fi)
     - sudo apt-get install rpm linux-headers-$(uname -r) libelf-dev
     - git clone https://github.com/draios/sysdig.git ../sysdig
     - pushd ../sysdig && (git checkout "${BRANCH}" || exit 0) && echo "Using branch:" $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) && popd
 script:
     - mkdir build
-    - ./scripts/build "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.." "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/build"
+    - cmake ..
+    - make -j4 falco
+    # todo(fntlnz): execute tests and regression tests at this point
+    #- ./scripts/build "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.." "${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/build"