diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 48515d3ed21720b47e09971b571d55e84a23c82f..a4ed7340260cd0de706ea0a4002364db29f41123 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: generic
 sudo: false
-os: 
+os:
   - linux
   - osx
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ before_install:
   - export PATH="$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH"
   - hash -r
   - conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
-  - conda update -q conda
+  - conda update -q --force conda
   # Useful for debugging any issues with conda
   - conda info -a
   # Create the env