diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c929d7fd21571460eaf3bfd6fd93aa2ed1c6c213..0bdb952d0e577d1660c1426b8fe2ee566d94c8fd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libvl-dev dvipng texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-math-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran
+- pip install --upgrade pip
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel sphinx nose numpy scipy matplotlib coverage
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel --pre -r requirements.txt coveralls
 install: