diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8c0754d08..6fa05b8e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -q update
 
 install:
-  - go get -u github.com/vbatts/git-validation
+  - cd /tmp && go get -u github.com/vbatts/git-validation
     # TODO: Add enforcement of license
     # - go get -u github.com/kunalkushwaha/ltag
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
diff --git a/script/setup/install-dev-tools b/script/setup/install-dev-tools
index 1695621a0..68be37904 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-dev-tools
+++ b/script/setup/install-dev-tools
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
 #
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
+# prevent updating go.mod of the project
+cd /tmp
 go get -u github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
 go get -u github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man