diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2eb0407359ab54ba6620c3ab849c137ff218dbf1..30c49d7963fff6ac92bfbd0ef032e7970bb3bee3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ services:
 language: cpp
 
 env:
-  - COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
+  - COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc9; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
   - COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"; CMAKE_ARGS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
   - COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96bpython3; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
   - COMPILER=clang; LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=clang8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
   - COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=14; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc62; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
-  - COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev3; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
+  - COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev3; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc9; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
   - COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev4; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
   - PYTHON_CHECK="yes"; COMPILER=gcc;   LCG_RELEASE=LCG_96b; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8;
 
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
-    - env: COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev3; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
+    - env: COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev3; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc9; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
     - env: COMPILER=gcc; LCG_RELEASE=dev4; STANDARD=17; COMPILER_VERSION=gcc8; PYTHON_CHECK="no"
 
 before_install: