diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 639254f727499bc8326cb9a83959d30a9257ca52..04d085e65ad4e4d30ba245b865c98048a8ac4530 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
 - sudo apt-get install --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended
+- pip install --upgrade pip
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel sphinx nose jinja2 coverage cpp-coveralls pygments
-- pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel -r requirements.txt --pre coveralls --default-timeout 300
+- pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel -r requirements.txt --pre coveralls --default-timeout 60
 install:
 - python bootstrap-buildout.py
 - CPPFLAGS=--coverage LDFLAGS=--coverage ./bin/buildout buildout:debug=false buildout:develop=. buildout:extensions=bob.buildout buildout:auto-checkout=