diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b64521f7d..5608206dfe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: python
 python: 3.6
 cache: pip
 
-install: python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+install: python3 -m pip install -U pip -r requirements.txt
 
 jobs:
   include: