diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5c43d831aaad2e9679af0a97bef759d7c6af75b2..c702afe84ac4ed5ecd4b0a2816d45045338644f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended  dvipng texlive-latex-base texlive-math-extra
+- 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: