diff --git a/scripts/ci/install.sh b/scripts/ci/install.sh
index 959f9032b..dfbe394a8 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function retry {
 # NOTE: it is not uncommon for pip to hang on travis for what seems to be
 # networking issues. Thus, let's retry a few times to see if it will eventially
 # work or not.
-retry pip install --upgrade pip
+retry pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 retry pip install -r requirements.txt
 retry pip install -r test-requirements.txt