diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2a948b3..ea542176 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 language: haskell
 
 install:
+    - cabal update
     - cabal install mega-sdist hspec cabal-meta cabal-src
     - cabal-meta install --force-reinstalls