diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index db34f1404481..a59364e40de1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ before_deploy:
           rm -rf obj/build/dist/doc &&
           cp -r obj/build/dist/* deploy/$TRAVIS_COMMIT;
       fi
+  - travis_retry gem update --system
 
 deploy:
   - provider: s3