diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 12822a3f..892a7eec 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ before_deploy:
   - sudo apt-get update -qy
   - sudo apt-get install -qy python3 python3-pip
   - sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-  - sudo python3 -m pip install packagecore
+  - sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade packagecore setuptools
   - packagecore -o dist/ "${TRAVIS_TAG#v}"
   - mv ../$REPO-${TRAVIS_TAG}.tar.gz dist/