diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5b2a5e9ba3c5634d6a19c8d88cf977311905b062..e06c856a6bc7c24d8b20c326052ffe5be59ff5b4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ language: python
 python:
   - "3.7"
 # command to install dependencies
-install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+install: "pip3 install -r requirements.txt"
 # command to run tests
 script: nosetests