diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 81a0c7c7..80ae57a6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,26 +10,19 @@ osx_image: xcode9
 
 d:
   - dmd
+  - dmd-2.076.1
   - dmd-2.075.1
   - dmd-2.074.1
   - dmd-2.073.1
   - dmd-2.073.0
   - dmd-2.072.2
   - dmd-2.071.2
-  - dmd-2.070.2
-  - dmd-2.069.2
-  - dmd-2.068.2
   - ldc
   - ldc-1.4.0
   - ldc-1.3.0
   - ldc-1.2.0
   - ldc-1.1.1
-  - ldc-1.0.0
-  - ldc-0.17.5
-  - ldc-0.17.1
-  - ldc-0.17.0
   - gdc
-  - gdc-4.8.5
 
 addons:
   mariadb: '10.1'
@@ -52,20 +45,23 @@ script: ./run-tests
 # most builds are already defined, the matrix is used to test alternative db versions
 matrix:
     include:
-        - d: dmd-2.070.2
+        - d: dmd
           addons:
             mariadb: '5.5'
             apt:
               packages: [ libevent-dev ]
           env: DB=mariadb-5.5
 
-        - d: dmd-2.070.2
+        - d: dmd
           services:
             - mysql
           addons:
             apt:
               packages: [ libevent-dev ]
           env: DB=mysql-default
-
-    #allow_failures:
-    #    - d: gdc
+# dmd 2.074.1 and the ldc equivalent (v1.4.0) have a problem with std.typecons.Nullable
+# gdc will fail due to std.experimental.allocator
+    allow_failures:
+        - d: dmd-2.074.1
+        - d: ldc-1.4.0
+        - d: gdc
diff --git a/dub.sdl b/dub.sdl
index 53f6359f..6039e377 100644
--- a/dub.sdl
+++ b/dub.sdl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ configuration "unittest-vibe" {
 	targetName "mysqln-tests-vibe"
 	excludedSourceFiles "source/app.d"
 
-	dependency "vibe-d:core" version=">=0.7.32 <0.9.0-0" optional=false
+	dependency "vibe-d:core" version=">=0.8.1 <0.9.0-0" optional=false
 
 	mainSourceFile "source/mysql/package.d"
 	debugVersions "MYSQL_INTEGRATION_TESTS"
diff --git a/dub.selections.json b/dub.selections.json
index 03046ed4..c9a4d094 100644
--- a/dub.selections.json
+++ b/dub.selections.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 		"libevent": "2.0.1+2.0.16",
 		"memutils": "0.4.7",
 		"openssl": "1.1.4+1.0.1g",
-		"vibe-d": "0.7.32"
+		"vibe-d": "0.8.1"
 	}
 }