diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 855b565c..c30a4ab6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
       language: shell
       before_install:
        - choco install python3 --version 3.6.8 --no-progress -y
+       # Update root certificates to fix SSL error; see http://www.chawn.com/RootCerts.htm
+       - powershell "md C:\temp\certs; CertUtil -generateSSTFromWU C:\temp\certs\RootStore.sst; Get-ChildItem -Path C:\\temp\certs\Rootstore.sst | Import-Certificate -CertStoreLocation Cert:\\LocalMachine\\Root\\ | out-null"
       env:
         - PYTHON=C:\\Python36\\python