diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f9eb67b7e..438a2011b 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 "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('travis') WHERE User = 'travis'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
+  - mysql -u root -e "SET PASSWORD FOR travis@localhost = PASSWORD('travis'); FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != "7.3" ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi
   - wget https://codeception.com/releases/2.3.9/codecept.phar
   - php -S localhost:8000 &