diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d1067bb56..efaca7a95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cache:
     - $HOME/.m2
 
 before_install:
+  - sed -i.bak -e 's|http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2|https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2|g' $HOME/.m2/settings.xml
   - BRANCH=${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH:-$TRAVIS_BRANCH}
   - MODIFIED_DOCS=$(git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -E 'README.adoc|^docs/.*.adoc$' | wc -l)
   - COMMITS_WITH_FORCED_GEN=$(git log --format=%B  $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -i "\[gen docs\]" | wc -l)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17fc32ac2..654b976e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
     <artifactId>jboss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>32</version>
+    <version>35</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>