diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 809281891..0ff894e62 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ addons:
 
 before_install:
   - |
-    wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.8.0/bazel_0.8.0-linux-x86_64.deb
-    sha256sum -c <<<'4881f4f2a48d7c841c02788f460104534b6e9b6f44f4593844234a5765240fab  bazel_0.8.0-linux-x86_64.deb'
-    sudo dpkg -i bazel_0.8.0-linux-x86_64.deb
+    wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.16.0/bazel_0.16.0-linux-x86_64.deb
+    sha256sum -c <<<'1720273534173474796c9d7d8213c360bedf664d43dd844198690b4c78c485eb  bazel_0.16.0-linux-x86_64.deb'
+    sudo dpkg -i bazel_0.16.0-linux-x86_64.deb
 
 script:
   - |
     bazel \
       --output_base=$HOME/.cache/bazel \
-      --batch \
       --host_jvm_args=-Xmx500m \
       --host_jvm_args=-Xms500m \
       test \