diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 42f20e41..7115e5d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       arch: s390x
       env: PYTHON=python
 
-install: $PYTHON -m pip install -e ".[dev]" pytest-custom-exit-code
+install:
+- $PYTHON -m pip install -U pip
+- $PYTHON -m pip install -e ".[dev]" pytest-custom-exit-code
 
 script: $PYTHON ./bin/run_tests.py