diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 484c921f4..268d3322b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ before_script:
   - npm install grunt grunt-cli grunt-contrib-jshint grunt-contrib-csslint grunt-phplint --save-dev
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE rhymix CHARSET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
   - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON rhymix.* TO travis@localhost"
-  - mysql -u root -e "SET PASSWORD FOR travis@localhost = PASSWORD('travis'); FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
+  - mysql -u root -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('travis') WHERE User = 'travis'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
   - phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini
   - php -S localhost:8000 &
   - wget http://codeception.com/releases/2.1.11/codecept.phar