diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76342192..a8476998 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ addons:
       - libsqlite3-dev
 
 install:
-    - sudo pip install -U catkin_pkg
+    - pip install catkin_pkg
     - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
     - wget http://packages.ros.org/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
     - sudo apt-get update