diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ec5a0d7..c3c1cc8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
----
-
 sudo: required
-dist: trusty
+dist: bionic
 
 language: python
-python: 2.7
+python:
+- "3.6.10"
+- "3.7.6"
+- "3.8.1"
 
 env:
-  matrix:
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.3.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=0.11.0.2"
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.3.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.0.1 kafka_generate_broker_id=false"
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.4.2.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=0.11.0.2"
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.4.2.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.0.1"
+- ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.9.5 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.0.2"
+#- ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.3.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.1.1"
+#- ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.4.2.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.0.2"
+#- ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.4.2.0 ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="kafka_version=1.1.1"
 
 before_install:
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
 
 install:
-- pip install ansible==$ANSIBLE_VERSION
+- pip3 install ansible==$ANSIBLE_VERSION
 
 script:
 - cd test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9de40ef..4e05031 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 An ansible role to install and configure [kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) distributed pub/sub messaging queue clusters.
 
+## Requirements
+
+* Python 3.6 or newer
 
 ## How to get it
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 785476c..8d3641c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kafka_zookeeper_port: 2181
 kafka_hosts: # <-- must be overridden further up the chain
 # e.g. [ 'srvr1', 'srvr2' ]
 
-kafka_version: "0.11.0.2"
+kafka_version: "1.0.2"
 
 kafka_scala_version: "2.11"
 # NB: 2.11 is recommended at https://kafka.apache.org/downloads.html.
diff --git a/templates/etc/defaults/kafka.j2 b/templates/etc/defaults/kafka.j2
index 190f2f4..71f2519 100644
--- a/templates/etc/defaults/kafka.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/defaults/kafka.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS='{{ kafka_heap_opts }}'
 LOG_DIR='{{ kafka_log_dir }}'
 
-{% for key, value in kafka_environment.iteritems() %}
+{% for key, value in kafka_environment.items() %}
 {{key}}={{value}}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/usr/local/kafka/config/server.properties.j2 b/templates/usr/local/kafka/config/server.properties.j2
index fb3f861..b77bfe2 100644
--- a/templates/usr/local/kafka/config/server.properties.j2
+++ b/templates/usr/local/kafka/config/server.properties.j2
@@ -517,6 +517,6 @@ offsets.commit.timeout.ms={{ kafka_server.offsets_commit_timeout_ms }}
 
 {% endif %}
 
-{% for key, value in kafka_server.misc.iteritems() -%}
+{% for key, value in kafka_server.misc.items() -%}
 {{key}}={{value}}
 {% endfor -%}