diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b2747e7dd..8c9047df8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ branches:
     only:
         - v2
 
-install:
-    - composer self-update
-
 before_script:
+    - composer self-update
+    - if [ -n "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then composer config github-oauth.github.com ${GH_TOKEN}; fi;
     # disable xdebug since we don't use code-coverage for now
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != '5.6' && $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != 'hhvm' && $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != '7.0' ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi
     # build coverage only on one build, to speed up results feedbacks