diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 356faf63cf59c0a3e97365d770562c4febce1dd3..dcc2814c11ca95ca6a705c94f3c0a3f2c981c17e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cache:
     directories:
         - $HOME/.cache/pip
 install:
-    - pip --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    - pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
     - pip install -r .requirements-full-test.txt --only-binary=numpy,scipy
 script:
     - py.test test/