diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c3f1cdfb6..892ca2ce1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 os:
  - linux
  - osx
-osx_image: xcode8.2
+osx_image: xcode8
 language: cpp
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
diff --git a/CI/before_script.osx.sh b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
index e5ec8983b..08fbe76d6 100755
--- a/CI/before_script.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ cd build
 
 cmake \
 -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT;$QT_PATH" \
--D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.8" \
+-D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.9" \
 -D CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT="macosx10.12" \
--D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
 -D OPENMW_OSX_DEPLOYMENT=TRUE \
 -D DESIRED_QT_VERSION=5 \
 -D BUILD_ESMTOOL=FALSE \