diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1de7c7a..5bbd73c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
+dist: trusty
+
 language: java
 
 jdk:
   - oraclejdk8
 
-install:
-  - pip3 install protobuf
-  - pip3 install tensorflow
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get install python3-pip
+  - sudo pip3 install protobuf
+  - sudo pip3 install tensorflow
 
 script:
   - mvn clean compile test
   - mvn package -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true 
+  - release/protoc_install.sh
   - release/install.sh
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4c11ac..c850add 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <includeResources>false</includeResources>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+          <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <!--
diff --git a/release/install.sh b/release/install.sh
index aac854b..ff50302 100755
--- a/release/install.sh
+++ b/release/install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -ev
+
 DIR=`dirname "$0"`
 DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 
@@ -9,8 +11,8 @@ elif [ -f $OUTDIR ]; then
   rm -f $OUTDIR
 fi
 
-cd $DIR
 # Protocol buffer compilation
+cd $DIR
 mkdir generated
 protoc -I=$DIR --python_out=$OUTDIR $DIR/template_release_info.proto $DIR/template_ui_metadata.proto $DIR/templates.proto
 
diff --git a/release/protoc_install.sh b/release/protoc_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..98a3e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/protoc_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ev
+
+PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.6.0
+PROTOC_FILENAME=protoc-${PROTOBUF_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip
+pushd /home/travis
+wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}/${PROTOC_FILENAME}
+unzip ${PROTOC_FILENAME}
+bin/protoc --version
+popd