diff --git a/travis-ci/vmtest/build_pahole.sh b/travis-ci/vmtest/build_pahole.sh
index cfe6679..b1f54e7 100755
--- a/travis-ci/vmtest/build_pahole.sh
+++ b/travis-ci/vmtest/build_pahole.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ git remote add origin ${PAHOLE_ORIGIN}
 git fetch origin
 git checkout ${PAHOLE_BRANCH}
 
+# temporary work-around to bump pahole to 1.22 before it is officially released
+sed -i 's/DDWARVES_MINOR_VERSION=21/DDWARVES_MINOR_VERSION=22/' CMakeLists.txt
+
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D__LIB=lib ..
diff --git a/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/blacklist/BLACKLIST-latest b/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/blacklist/BLACKLIST-latest
index 688dcae..8d49647 100644
--- a/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/blacklist/BLACKLIST-latest
+++ b/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/blacklist/BLACKLIST-latest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # TEMPORARY
+tc_bpf