diff --git a/.ci/common.sh b/.ci/common.sh
index 09a6e24b9d..ba00011222 100644
--- a/.ci/common.sh
+++ b/.ci/common.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ install_prebuilt_deps() {
 
 install_vroom() {
 	(
-	sudo pip install neovim
+	sudo pip install git+https://github.com/neovim/python-client.git
 	git clone git://github.com/google/vroom
 	cd vroom
 	python setup.py build