diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d7a9647..cda9207 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ matrix:
       script: tox -e $TOX_ENV
 
 install:
+    - travis_retry pip install -U pip
     - travis_retry pip install -e .
     - travis_retry pip install -q codecov