diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c0e70b4..5edd465 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: rust
 cache: cargo
 
-install: cargo install rustsec-admin
+install: rustsec-admin version || cargo install rustsec-admin
 
 # check that the advisory-db is well-formed
 script: rustsec-admin lint