diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b066459c..d06d8f6c1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ before_install:
   - "[[ -d $HOME/.sdkman/bin/ ]] || rm -rf $HOME/.sdkman/"
   - curl -sL https://get.sdkman.io | bash
   - echo sdkman_auto_answer=true > $HOME/.sdkman/etc/config
+  - echo sdkman_auto_selfupdate=true >> $HOME/.sdkman/etc/config
   - source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
 
 install:
-  - sdk install java $(sdk list java | grep -o "$ADOPTOPENJDK\.[0-9\.]*hs-adpt" | head -1)
+  - sdk install java $(sdk list java | grep -o "$ADOPTOPENJDK\.[0-9\.]*hs-adpt" | head -1) || true
   - bin/fixpreloaded.sh
   - unset JAVA_HOME
   - java -Xmx32m -version
   # detect sbt version from project/build.properties
   - export TRAVIS_SBT=$(grep sbt.version= project/build.properties | sed -e 's/sbt.version=//g' ) && echo "sbt $TRAVIS_SBT"
   # - export TRAVIS_SBT=1.3.3
-  - sdk install sbt $TRAVIS_SBT
+  - sdk install sbt $TRAVIS_SBT || true
   # override Travis CI's SBT_OPTS
   - unset SBT_OPTS
   - export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms2048M -Xmx2048M -Xss6M -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M"