diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 004d44f3a557b817390803f865b1c813145e120c..feee271383b47db7ea218a995693139ba711b68a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ env:
     - TEST=objc
     - JOBS=1
 before_install:
+  - gem install cocoapods -v '1.0.0.beta.4'
   - brew install gflags
   # Pod install does this too, but we don't want the output.
   - pod repo update --silent