diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aa3093fc025848b18ec8d005807eff07e24cb1bf..b29da34634cde610bbe34c3c4dd3f0e8b9a68ef3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -670,7 +670,8 @@ before_install: |
       echo $ENABLE_HEADLESS > headless.enabled
 
       if [ -n "$IS_OSX" ]; then
-        echo "homebrew"
+        export HOMEBREW_FORCE_VENDOR_RUBY=1
+        brew upgrade
         TAPS="$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps"
         if [ -e "$TAPS/caskroom/homebrew-cask" -a -e "$TAPS/homebrew/homebrew-cask" ]; then
             rm -rf "$TAPS/caskroom/homebrew-cask"
diff --git a/travis_config.sh b/travis_config.sh
index f72480eb92b6e889489fb54a631ad03a435de18f..c2d4c6fc9cba2be7e1ac0cb7305db3e771f96402 100644
--- a/travis_config.sh
+++ b/travis_config.sh
@@ -89,12 +89,9 @@ function pre_build {
 
     local CACHE_STAGE; (echo "$TRAVIS_BUILD_STAGE_NAME" | grep -qiF "final") || CACHE_STAGE=1
 
-    export HOMEBREW_FORCE_VENDOR_RUBY=1
-    brew style
-    brew update
-
     #after the cache stage, all bottles and Homebrew metadata should be already cached locally
     if [ -n "$CACHE_STAGE" ]; then
+        brew update
         generate_ffmpeg_formula
         brew_add_local_bottles
     fi