diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2867bd1..3d0d04c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ matrix:
       sudo: true
 before_install:
   # coverage submission packages
+  - pip install -U pip
   - pip install codecov
   - pip install pymongo
 install: