diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f02204d33..f9fca121b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ addons:
       - sourceline: 'deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /'
       - key_url: 'https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=sbt'
     packages:
-      - sbt=1.1.6
+      - sbt=1.2.8
 
 # Undo _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable
 before_script:
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index cec4f6083..c0bab0494 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.2.0-M1
+sbt.version=1.2.8