diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dd854ae2..3b1a8651 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       osx_image: xcode11
       env:
-       - MATRIX_EVAL="brew update && brew install gcc && CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7" BUILD_TYPE="Debug" DOUBLE_PRECISION="False"
+       - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8" BUILD_TYPE="Debug" DOUBLE_PRECISION="False"
 
     #- os: osx
     # osx_image: xcode9.3