diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4c65b8c7e9fa414289dbe543783004d65f0c6bf6..ba2f8482b5502256956f0aee273c9b35c622660d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ before_install:
     fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then paddle/scripts/travis/before_install.osx.sh; fi
   - if [[ "$JOB" == "PRE_COMMIT" ]]; then sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-format-3.8 /usr/bin/clang-format; fi
+  - pip install --upgrade pip 
   - pip install wheel protobuf sphinx recommonmark sphinx_rtd_theme virtualenv pre-commit requests==2.9.2 LinkChecker
 script:
   - paddle/scripts/travis/main.sh