diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index da73ca5b6183bdc64f3f824844fa2dc2bc47ae54..cf00bdfe0d7e08f674d5eca31d992cbfe3a08564 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ dist:
 
 jobs:
   include:
+    - os: linux
+      name: Octave 5.2
+      dist: focal
+      env:
+      - BADGE=Octave_5
+      - OCTAVE=octave-cli
     - os: linux
       name: Octave 4.2
       dist: xenial
diff --git a/test/run_jsonlab_test.m b/test/run_jsonlab_test.m
index f2e447ecc7da6e53207c5400fb325078137c5ebd..d158d24a0564fd32b5094bb41f6bbc20e4eb2b9c 100644
--- a/test/run_jsonlab_test.m
+++ b/test/run_jsonlab_test.m
@@ -280,5 +280,5 @@ if(ismember('bjo',tests))
     test_jsonlab('test default int endian for savebj',@savebj,typecast(uint8('jd'),'uint16'),'ujd');
     test_jsonlab('test default int endian for saveubjson',@saveubjson,typecast(uint8('jd'),'uint16'),'Idj');
     test_jsonlab('test default float endian for savebj',@savebj,typecast(uint8('1e05'),'single'),'d1e05');
-    test_jsonlab('test default float endian for saveubjson',@saveubjson,typecast(uint8('1e05'),'single'),'d50e1');
+    test_jsonlab('test default float endian for saveubjson',@saveubjson,typecast(uint8('9527'),'single'),'d7259');
 end