diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5553a2dd8..103fbeb6c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ php:
 services:
     - mysql
 before_script:
-    - mysql -e "use mysql; update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD('123456') where User='root'; update user set plugin='mysql_native_password';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+    - echo "USE mysql;\nUPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD('password') WHERE user='root';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n" | mysql -u root"
     - pecl install ast
     - composer install
 script: