diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8aee7e95..7a549de0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ install:
   # install Open Watcom 1.9
   - if [[ "${TRAVIS_COMPILER}" == "ow19" ]]; then
       ARTIFACT_NAME=open-watcom-c-linux-1.9 &&
-      ARTIFACT_URL=ftp://ftp.openwatcom.org/install/${ARTIFACT_NAME} &&
+      ARTIFACT_URL=https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-1.9/releases/download/ow1.9/${ARTIFACT_NAME} &&
       OPEN_WATCOM_BIN=binl &&
       travis_retry wget --no-check-certificate -P ${TRAVIS_TMPDIR} ${ARTIFACT_URL} &&
       export WATCOM=${TRAVIS_HOME}/watcom &&
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index ed696a38..dcd77ebe 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ init:
   - if "%TOOLCHAIN%"=="Watcom19" (
       set "WATCOM_VERSION=Open Watcom 1.9" &&
       set "ARTIFACT_NAME=open-watcom-c-win32-1.9.exe" &&
-      set "ARTIFACT_URL=ftp://ftp.openwatcom.org/install" &&
+      set "ARTIFACT_URL=https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-1.9/releases/download/ow1.9/" &&
       set "PATH=%WATCOM%\BINNT;%WATCOM%\BINW;%PATH%"
     ) else if "%TOOLCHAIN%"=="Watcom20" (
       set "WATCOM_VERSION=Open Watcom 2.0" &&