diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 104adfa3..e170e456 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: ruby-head
   fast_finish: true
+before_install:
+  - gem update --system 2.6.14
 before_script:
   - "[ $TRAVIS_RUBY_VERSION = \"1.9.3\" ] && travis_retry gem install mime-types --version \"~> 2\" || true"
   - "[ $TRAVIS_RUBY_VERSION = \"1.9.3\" -o $TRAVIS_RUBY_VERSION = \"2.0.0\" ] && travis_retry gem install nokogiri --version \"~> 1.6.8\" || true"