diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 17f2703..a7e47a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ before_install:
   if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then export CXX=g++-4.8 CC=gcc-4.8; fi
   if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ] && [ "${PYTHON:0:1}" = "3" ]; then
       brew update
-      brew install python3
+      brew upgrade python
       command curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import -;
       rvm get stable
   fi