diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a820727d..a8c81a14 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ script:
   - cd pmcx/
   - perl -pi -e 's/..\/src\//src\//g' setup.py
   - python --version
+  - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   - python -m pip install wheel
   - python -m pip wheel . -w ../dist/ --verbose
   - cd ..