diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b90b86c..fe3371d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,24 @@
  dist: trusty
  sudo: true
  scala:
-   - "2.11.7"
- jdk:
-   - oraclejdk7
-   - oraclejdk8
-   - openjdk8
+   - "2.11.8"
+   - "2.12.1"
  before_script:
+   - jdk_switcher use ${JDK}
    - sh src/test/resources/setup_travis.sh
  before_install:
    - cat /etc/hosts
  env:
-   - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
+   global:
+     - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
+   matrix:
+     - JDK=oraclejdk7
+     - JDK=oraclejdk8
+     - JDK=openjdk8
  addons:
    #workaround for openjdk buffer overflow
-   hostname: dummy
\ No newline at end of file
+   hostname: dummy
+ matrix:
+   exclude:
+     - scala: 2.12.1
+       env: JDK=oraclejdk7
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 19454a2..c6af2bb 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@ organization := "com.mdialog"
 
 version := "1.2.0"
 
-scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
+scalaVersion := "2.12.1"
+
+crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.11.8", "2.12.1")
 
 parallelExecution := false
 
 scalacOptions ++= Seq("-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-language:postfixOps")
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.3.14",
-  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.6" % "test",
-  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-testkit" % "2.3.14" % "test",
+  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.4.16",
+  "org.zeromq" % "jzmq" % "3.1.0",
+  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.1" % "test",
+  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-testkit" % "2.4.16" % "test",
   "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test"
 )