diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b78bb6f48..7a499de2d6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ install:
   - bench init frappe-bench --skip-assets --python $(which python) --frappe-path $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
   - cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/test_sites/test_site ~/frappe-bench/sites/
 
-  - mysql -u root -ptravis -e "CREATE DATABASE test_frappe"
-  - mysql -u root -ptravis -e "CREATE USER 'test_frappe'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test_frappe'"
-  - mysql -u root -ptravis -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`test_frappe\`.* TO 'test_frappe'@'localhost'"
-  - mysql -u root -ptravis -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
+  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE test_frappe"
+  - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'test_frappe'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test_frappe'"
+  - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`test_frappe\`.* TO 'test_frappe'@'localhost'"
+
+  - mysql -u root -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('travis') WHERE User='root'"
+  - mysql -u root -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
 
 before_script:
   - cd ./frappe-bench