diff --git a/ci/install-linux.sh b/ci/install-linux.sh
index 7dcd0bd7..b1da9a50 100755
--- a/ci/install-linux.sh
+++ b/ci/install-linux.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_SUDO}" = "true" ]; then
         sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list
     curl https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
     sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gcc-4.9 g++-4.9 clang-3.9
-    sudo apt-get install bazel-0.26.1
-elif [ "${CXX}" = "clang++" ]; then
+    wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.26.1/bazel-0.26.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+    chmod +x bazel-0.26.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+    ./bazel-0.26.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh 
+
+  elif [ "${CXX}" = "clang++" ]; then
     # Use ccache, assuming $HOME/bin is in the path, which is true in the Travis build environment.
     ln -sf /usr/bin/ccache $HOME/bin/${CXX};
     ln -sf /usr/bin/ccache $HOME/bin/${CC};