diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1734cb53c116..4e85e8528ff6 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ trigger:
       - '*'  # must quote since "*" is a YAML reserved character; we want a string
 
 pool:
-  vmImage: 'ubuntu-16.04'
+  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
 
 variables:
   MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/.m2/repository