diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dbffd47..3913cd3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 language: ruby
+# NOTE: temporary workaround for Rubygems issue #763
+before_install:
+  - gem update --system 2.1.11
+  - gem --version
 rvm:
   - 2.1.0
   - 2.0.0