diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7412c78..3723a64 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ language: scala
 
 env:
   global:
-    - PUBLISH_JDK=openjdk6
     # PGP_PASSPHRASE
     - secure: "XLe/gZXrGwJlKCgAUoEUIHwoh8js0IdlIazwUd5KKssZMQkPg4VfC5LLPl8iXCYIRe2JrgmD56b7eseiZF9kMxa1Rsz8fSMY0v3A0qwxRjbsxVQ2NqEvdq+TNOAhjo/OmPnipvTcDdAyq68Ca4nTSBtfBpy5t6X3Z4UIl8CWLdw="
     # SONA_USER
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ script: admin/build.sh
 
 jdk:
   - openjdk6
-  - openjdk7
+  - oraclejdk8
 
 notifications:
   email: adriaan.moors@typesafe.com
diff --git a/admin/README.md b/admin/README.md
index 55ae9c8..d84727a 100644
--- a/admin/README.md
+++ b/admin/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ To configure tag driven releases from Travis CI.
      Edit `.travis.yml` as prompted.
   4. Edit `.travis.yml` to use `./admin/build.sh` as the build script,
      and edit that script to use the tasks required for this project.
-  5. Edit `.travis.yml` to select which JDK will be used for publishing.
+  5. Edit `build.sbt` to select which JDK will be used for publishing
+     for which Scala versions.
 
 It is important to add comments in .travis.yml to identify the name
 of each environment variable encoded in a `:secure` section.
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ form:
 	language: scala
 	env:
 	  global:
-	    - PUBLISH_JDK=openjdk6
 	    # PGP_PASSPHRASE
 	    - secure: "XXXXXX"
 	    # SONA_USER
@@ -58,4 +58,3 @@ Be sure to use SBT 0.13.7 or higher to avoid [#1430](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/
   3. Log into https://oss.sonatype.org/ and identify the staging repository.
   4. Sanity check its contents
   5. Release staging repository to Maven and send out release announcement.
-
diff --git a/admin/build.sh b/admin/build.sh
index 965ab6c..a46d514 100755
--- a/admin/build.sh
+++ b/admin/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 # git on travis does not fetch tags, but we have TRAVIS_TAG
 # headTag=$(git describe --exact-match ||:)
 
-if [ "$TRAVIS_JDK_VERSION" == "$PUBLISH_JDK" ] && [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9-]+)? ]]; then
+if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9-]+)? ]]; then
   echo "Going to release from tag $TRAVIS_TAG!"
   myVer=$(echo $TRAVIS_TAG | sed -e s/^v//)
   publishVersion='set every version := "'$myVer'"'
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 56a2944..aa09c41 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,11 +4,19 @@ scalaModuleSettings
 
 name                       := "scala-partest"
 
-version                    := "1.0.8-SNAPSHOT"
+version                    := "1.0.9-SNAPSHOT"
 
 scalaVersion               := crossScalaVersions.value.head
 
-crossScalaVersions         := Seq("2.11.6", "2.12.0-M1")
+crossScalaVersions         := {
+  val java = System.getProperty("java.version")
+  if (java.startsWith("1.6."))
+    Seq("2.11.6", "2.12.0-M1")
+  else if (java.startsWith("1.8."))
+    Seq("2.12.0-M2")
+  else
+    sys.error(s"don't know what Scala versions to build on $java")
+}
 
 scalaXmlVersion            := "1.0.4"