diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0eb7a3297198990eff04a571ebc62dd59fa08da6..07dd2ac880833b95d0ab7b6f6da35623e70a0036 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ before_install:
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes python-opencv libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libopencv-dev
+- pip install --upgrade pip
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel sphinx nose numpy matplotlib coverage cpp-coveralls
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel --pre -r requirements.txt coveralls
 install: