diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 90b2f79dc..6190c81fb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,13 @@ language: scala
 jdk: oraclejdk8
 script:
 - sbt ";^test ;^scripted"
+
+before_cache:
+  # Cleanup the cached directories to avoid unnecessary cache updates
+  - find $HOME/.ivy2/cache -name "ivydata-*.properties" -print -delete
+  - find $HOME/.sbt        -name "*.lock"               -print -delete
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.ivy2/cache
+    - $HOME/.sbt
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