diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1e41d4ca503a2cbced9274c59249f1b0ac4691e7..bdc014464adfc5e8dbcde8a0fe570a41242aec38 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ script:
   - pushd case-uco/java/ && ant -q && popd
   - make check && if [ -f "tests/test-suite.log" ];then cat tests/test-suite.log; fi ; if [ -f "unit_tests/base/test-suite.log" ];then cat unit_tests/base/test-suite.log; fi
   - echo "running ant tests"
-  - ant -f bindings/java/ test
+  - pushd bindings/java && ant clean && ant build && ant test && popd
   - if test ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} = "linux"; then
         pushd release && ./release-unix.pl ci && popd;
     fi