diff --git a/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml b/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
index 9912991d2da..6f2e508c77e 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 os: osx
 osx_image: xcode9.4
+jdk: openjdk11
 sudo: required
 language: cpp
 compiler: clang