diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0863495..2f0633e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,28 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - name: "Python 3.6 on Linux"
       python: 3.6           # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
+      before_install:
+        - pip3 install -U pip
+        - pip3 install -U uvloop
     - name: "Python 3.7 on Xenial Linux"
       python: 3.7           # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
       dist: xenial          # required for Python >= 3.7
+      before_install:
+        - pip3 install -U pip
+        - pip3 install -U uvloop
     - name: "Python 3.8 on Xenial Linux"
       python: 3.8-dev           # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
       dist: xenial          # required for Python >= 3.7
+      before_install:
+        - pip3 install -U pip
+        - pip3 install -U uvloop
     - name: "Python 3.7 on macOS"
       os: osx
       osx_image: xcode10.2  # Python 3.7 running on macOS 10.14.3
       language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI macOS
+      before_install:
+        - pip3 install -U pip
+        - pip3 install -U uvloop
     - name: "Python 3.8 on Windows"
       os: windows           # Windows 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
       language: shell
@@ -31,7 +43,6 @@ matrix:
         - PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
 
 install:
-  - pip3 install -U pip
   - pip3 install codecov
   - pip3 install -r requirements.txt