diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4f1ac94f..c6b88c8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ before_install:
     - if [[ $ENV != python=2.6* ]]; then
             travis_retry pip install matplotlib --no-index --find-links=http://wheels.scikit-image.org/;
       else
-         pip install matplotlib==1.2.0;
+         pip install matplotlib==1.1.1;
       fi
     - pip install pillow  --no-index --find-links=http://wheels.scikit-image.org/
     - python check_bento_build.py