diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 80c0a8a..d443fbd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ env:
     - PYGEOAPI_CONFIG="$(pwd)/pygeoapi-config.yml"
     - CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal
     - C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/gdal
+    - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 python:
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
 
 services:
-  - postgresql
   - docker
 
 addons:
+  postgresql: "10"
   apt:
     sources:
       - sourceline: 'ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable'
@@ -27,12 +28,16 @@ addons:
       - libgdal-dev
       - libsqlite3-mod-spatialite
       - python-pyspatialite
-      - postgresql-10-postgis-2.4
       - mongodb-org
 
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq build-essential python3-dev python3-setuptools python-all python3-all python-setuptools python3-pip
+  - sudo service postgresql stop
+  - sudo apt-get remove -yq 'postgresql-*'
+  - sudo apt autoremove
+  - sudo apt-get -qq update
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq build-essential tzdata python3-dev python3-setuptools python-all python3-all python-setuptools python3-pip
   - sudo apt-get install -y devscripts fakeroot debhelper
+  - sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-10-postgis-3
 
   # install Elasticsearch 7
   - curl -s -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.5.1-amd64.deb
@@ -46,6 +51,10 @@ before_install:
   - sudo systemctl enable mongod
   - sudo systemctl start mongod
   - sudo systemctl status mongod
+  # start postgresql installed from ubuntugis postgis
+  - sudo systemctl enable postgresql
+  - sudo systemctl start postgresql
+  - sudo systemctl status postgresql
 
 install:
   # follow GDAL installed version for Python bindings