diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1aacda7e7..34e0a954b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ deploy:
   script: mvn build-helper:parse-version versions:set -DnewVersion=$TRAVIS_TAG -DprocessAllModules && mvn versions:commit &&
           mvn --quiet --activate-profiles !development-build,release-build --settings .travis.settings.xml deploy
   on:
-    branch: master
     condition: '"$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" = "push"'
+    tags: true
 
 # change according to your needs, but we recommend to deactivate email notifications
 # for now, we configured Travis to send a notification to the #travis-ci channel