diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 612a3099..bf09f8c3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ addons:
   apt:
     packages:
       - cmake
+      - python3.5
       - python3-pip
       - libbz2-dev
       - ccache
diff --git a/travis/install_deps.sh b/travis/install_deps.sh
index 7687d07b..9c30e6a6 100755
--- a/travis/install_deps.sh
+++ b/travis/install_deps.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ ARCHIVE_NAME=deps_${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}_${PLATFORM}_${REPO_NAME}.tar.gz
 cd $HOME
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]
 then
-  pip3 install meson==0.43.0
+  pip3 install meson
 
   wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-mac.zip
   unzip ninja-mac.zip ninja
 else
-  pip3 install --user meson==0.43.0
+  wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+  python3.5 get-pip.py --user
+
+  python3.5 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
+  python3.5 -m pip install --user meson
 
   wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-linux.zip
   unzip ninja-linux.zip ninja