diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8296aa..00a7d46 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ install:
 - pip install pyflakes
 - sudo apt-get -y update
 - sudo apt-get -y install build-essential gcc-multilib cmake python python-pip python-setuptools libffi-dev
-- if [ $DEEPSTATE_CMD = deepstate-manticore ]; then sudo pip install manticore
+- if [ $DEEPSTATE_CMD = deepstate-manticore ]; then sudo pip install -U pip ; sudo pip install manticore ; fi
 - mkdir build
 - cd build
 - cmake ..