diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 40e8a5d014..de46f4c0a7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ addons:
 
 before_install:
   - mkdir -p ${VENDOR_DIR}/bin & export PATH=${VENDOR_DIR}/bin:$PATH
-  - pip install --upgrade pip
+  - pip install --upgrade --user pip
 #  - pip install --upgrade setuptools
   - if [[ ${COVERAGE}  ]]; then pip install --user codecov; fi