diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4d099dfa..e7130246 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
                   sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test']
                   packages: ['g++-7', 'cmake', 'ninja-build']
           before_install:
+              - sudo -H pip install --upgrade requests[security]
               - pip install --user cpp-coveralls
           after_success:
               - >
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
                 --root ../../ 
                 --build-root ./ 
                 --include autoppl/include 
+                --exclude lib
                 --gcov 'gcov-7' 
                 --gcov-options '\-lp'
           env: