diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 14b78b2d3..a2175a9a6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ before_install:
   - if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH == 'develop' ] || [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST != 'false' ]; then
         composer install --dev --prefer-dist;
     fi
-  - if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH != 'develop' ] && [ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION == "7.1" ] && [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" ]; then
-        export TRAVIS_TAG=$(curl --fail --user "${GH_API_USER}" -s https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav/releases/latest | grep tag_name | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 4);
+  - |
+    if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH != 'develop' ] && [ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION == "7.1" ] && [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "false" ]; then
+        export TRAVIS_TAG=$(curl -H "Authorization: token ${GH_TOKEN}" --fail -s https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav/releases/latest | grep tag_name | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 4);
         eval "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/travis-ci/gimme/master/gimme | GIMME_GO_VERSION=1.13 bash)";
         go get github.com/github-release/github-release;
         git clone --quiet --depth=50 --branch=master https://${BB_TOKEN}bitbucket.org/rockettheme/grav-devtools.git $RT_DEVTOOLS  &>/dev/null;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5cb7e570..96edf58e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Rollback `samesite` cookie logic as it causes issues with PHP < 7.3 [#309](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/3089)
+    * Fixed issue with `.travis.yml` due to GitHub API deprecated functionality
 
 # v1.6.29
 ## 12/02/2020