diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 853f500..22bc02e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 language: ruby
 bundler_args: --without development
+# NOTE (2013-12-30): Temporary workaround for Rubygems-Bundler
+#   incompatibility on Travis CI for 1.8 builds
+#   see https://github.com/freerange/mocha/commit/66bab2a8f4e7cd8734bf88e6f32157c0d5153125
+before_install:
+  - gem update --system 2.1.11
+  - gem --version
 rvm:
   - 2.1.0
   - 2.0.0