diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1f922bf..0d2fed20 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ script:
   - ./build_glslang_spirv_tools.sh Release
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
-  - cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -G "${GENERATOR}" -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH="${PYTHON3}"
-  - cmake --build .
-  - PATH="../external/glslang-build/output/bin:../external/spirv-tools-build/output/bin:$PATH" ctest --verbose -C Debug
+  - cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "${GENERATOR}" -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH="${PYTHON3}"
+  - cmake --build . --config Release
+  - PATH="../external/glslang-build/output/bin:../external/spirv-tools-build/output/bin:$PATH" ctest --verbose -C Release