diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d64392570..6dab18e2b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -297,13 +297,13 @@ matrix:
         - DESC="test Issue ref in PR description"
         - CMD0="if [[ ! $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST =~ ^([0-9]*)$ ]]; then exit 0; fi "
         - CMD1=" && LINK_COMMITS=https://api.github.com/repos/checkstyle/checkstyle/pulls/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST/commits "
-        - CMD2=" && COMMITS=\$(curl -s -i -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_COMMITS | grep message) "
+        - CMD2=" && COMMITS=\$(curl -s -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_COMMITS | jq '.[0] | .commit.message') "
         - CMD3=" && echo 'Messages from github:'\$COMMITS "
-        - CMD4=" && ISSUE_NUMBER=\$( echo \$COMMITS | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/^.*Issue //' | sed -e 's/:.*//') "
+        - CMD4=" && ISSUE_NUMBER=\$( echo \$COMMITS | sed -e 's/^.*Issue //' | sed -e 's/:.*//') "
         - CMD5=" && echo 'Issue number:'\$ISSUE_NUMBER "
         - CMD6=" && if [[ \$ISSUE_NUMBER =~ ^#[0-9]+$ ]]; then "
         - CMD7="      LINK_PR=https://api.github.com/repos/checkstyle/checkstyle/pulls/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST  "
-        - CMD8="      && RESULT=\$(curl -s -i -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_PR | grep body | grep \$ISSUE_NUMBER) "
+        - CMD8="      && RESULT=\$(curl -s -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_PR | jq '.body' | grep \$ISSUE_NUMBER) "
         - CMD9="      && echo 'PR Description grepped:'\$RESULT  "
         - CMD10="     && if [[ -z \$RESULT ]]; then exit 1; fi "
         - CMD11="    fi "