diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 7541f50f08daf..70411e4b11557 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ num_zookeepers = 1
 num_brokers = 3
 num_workers = 0 # Generic workers that get the code, but don't start any services
 ram_megabytes = 1280
-base_box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+base_box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
 
 # EC2
 ec2_access_key = ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY']
diff --git a/vagrant/base.sh b/vagrant/base.sh
index a589b7c8e9650..6c65e95ca34a9 100755
--- a/vagrant/base.sh
+++ b/vagrant/base.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ JDK_FULL="${JDK_FULL:-17-linux-x64}"
 
 if [ -z `which javac` ]; then
     apt-get -y update
-    apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties binutils java-common
+    apt-get install -y software-properties-common binutils java-common
 
     echo "===> Installing JDK..." 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ get_kafka() {
 }
 
 # Install Kibosh
-apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y git cmake pkg-config libfuse-dev
+apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y git cmake pkg-config libfuse-dev ntpdate
 pushd /opt
 rm -rf /opt/kibosh
 git clone -q  https://github.com/confluentinc/kibosh.git