diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6ad98d237..403d8dccd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,15 +22,16 @@ jobs:
       - run: make -j4
       - run: make check || .ci/fail.sh
 
-  macos-10.14.3-aat-fonts:
+  macos-10.14.4-aat-fonts:
     macos:
-      xcode: "10.2.0"
+      xcode: "11.0.0"
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install wget autoconf automake libtool pkg-config ragel freetype glib cairo icu4c graphite2
       - run: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig" && ./autogen.sh --with-freetype --with-glib --with-gobject --with-cairo --with-icu --with-coretext --with-graphite2
       - run: make -j4
       - run: make check || .ci/fail.sh
+      - run: cmake -Bbuild -H. -DHB_HAVE_CORETEXT=1 && make -Cbuild
 
   distcheck:
     docker:
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ workflows:
       # macOS
       - macos-10.12.6-aat-fonts
       - macos-10.13.6-aat-fonts
-      - macos-10.14.3-aat-fonts
+      - macos-10.14.4-aat-fonts
 
       # both autotools and cmake
       - distcheck