diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index a4ceb59ef..c7fbdcf8b 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ for:
     - export PATH="$PATH:~/.jabba/jdk/adopt@1.8.0-222/bin"
     - export PATH="$PATH:graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/bin"
     - gu install native-image
-    - sbt -Dsbt.native-image=$(pwd)/graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/bin/native-image "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
+    - sbt "-Dsbt.io.virtual=false" "-Dsbt.native-image=$(pwd)/graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/bin/native-image" "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
 
 -
   matrix:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ for:
     - export PATH="$PATH:~/.jabba/jdk/adopt@1.8.0-222/Contents/Home/bin"
     - export PATH="$PATH:graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/Contents/Home/bin"
     - gu install native-image
-    - sbt -Dsbt.native-image=$(pwd)/graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/Contents/Home/bin/native-image "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
+    - sbt "-Dsbt.io.virtual=false" "-Dsbt.native-image=$(pwd)/graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0/Contents/Home/bin/native-image" "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
 
 -
   matrix:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ for:
     - '%USERPROFILE%\.sbt'
 
   test_script:
-    - sbt "-Dsbt.native-image=C:\graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0\bin\native-image.cmd" "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
+    - sbt "-Dsbt.io.virtual=false" "-Dsbt.native-image=C:\graalvm-ce-java8-20.1.0\bin\native-image.cmd" "sbtClientProj/buildNativeThinClient"
 -
   matrix:
     only:
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ for:
   test_script:
     # The server tests often fail in CI when run together so just run a single test to ensure
     # that the thin client works on windows
-    - sbt "scripted actions/* classloader-cache/* nio/* watch/*" "serverTestProj/testOnly testpkg.ClientTest"
+    - sbt "-Dsbt.io.virtual=false" "scripted actions/* classloader-cache/* nio/* watch/*" "serverTestProj/testOnly testpkg.ClientTest"
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bbbba1e75..e17c5bb7f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ env:
     - SCALA_213=2.13.1
     - UTIL_TESTS="utilCache/test;utilControl/test;utilInterface/test;utilLogging/test;utilPosition/test;utilRelation/test;utilScripted/test;utilTracking/test"
     # WHITESOURCE_PASSWORD=
+    - SBT_VERSION_PROP=""
+    - SBT_LOCAL=false
     - secure: d3bu2KNwsVHwfhbGgO+gmRfDKBJhfICdCJFGWKf2w3Gv86AJZX9nuTYRxz0KtdvEHO5Xw8WTBZLPb2thSJqhw9OCm4J8TBAVqCP0ruUj4+aqBUFy4bVexQ6WKE6nWHs4JPzPk8c6uC1LG3hMuzlC8RGETXtL/n81Ef1u7NjyXjs=
   matrix:
     - SBT_CMD="mimaReportBinaryIssues ; javafmtCheck ; Test / javafmtCheck; scalafmtCheckAll ; scalafmtSbtCheck; serverTestProj/scalafmtCheckAll; headerCheck ;test:headerCheck ;whitesourceOnPush ;test:compile; publishLocal; test; serverTestProj/test; doc; $UTIL_TESTS; ++$SCALA_213; $UTIL_TESTS"
@@ -20,11 +22,14 @@ matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
     - env:
+        - SBT_LOCAL=true
+        - SBT_VERSION_PROP=-Dsbt.version=1.4.0-SNAPSHOT
         - TRAVIS_JDK=adopt@1.8.0-222
         - SBT_CMD="++$SCALA_213; $UTIL_TESTS; ++$SCALA_212; $UTIL_TESTS; scripted actions/* source-dependencies/*1of3 dependency-management/*1of4 java/*"
 
 before_install:
   - curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shyiko/jabba/0.11.0/install.sh | bash && . ~/.jabba/jabba.sh
+  - if [ $SBT_LOCAL == true ]; then sbt -Dsbt.io.virtual=false publishLocalBin; fi
 
 install:
   - $JABBA_HOME/bin/jabba install $TRAVIS_JDK
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ install:
 
 script:
   # It doesn't need that much memory because compile and run are forked
-  - sbt -Dsbt.ci=true -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m -J-Xmx800M -J-Xms800M -J-server "$SBT_CMD"
+  - sbt -Dsbt.io.virtual=false $SBT_VERSION_PROP -Dsbt.ci=true -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m -J-Xmx800M -J-Xms800M -J-server "$SBT_CMD"
 
 before_cache:
   - find $HOME/.cache/coursier/v1 -name "ivydata-*.properties" -delete
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 79d77d3ac..2d7013b6b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ThisBuild / version := {
 ThisBuild / scalafmtOnCompile := !(Global / insideCI).value
 ThisBuild / Test / scalafmtOnCompile := !(Global / insideCI).value
 ThisBuild / turbo := true
-ThisBuild / SettingKey[Boolean]("usePipelining") := true
+ThisBuild / SettingKey[Boolean]("usePipelining") := !(Global / insideCI).value
 
 val excludeLint = SettingKey[Set[Def.KeyedInitialize[_]]]("excludeLintKeys")
 Global / excludeLint := (Global / excludeLint).?.value.getOrElse(Set.empty)
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 797e7ccfd..1c415701e 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.3.10
+sbt.version=1.4.0-M2