diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fa5990d6bf90..f4b2862d9629 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ script:
 
 after_success:
   # push a snapshot version to maven repo
-  - if [ $SONATYPE_USERNAME ] && [ -z $TRAVIS_TAG ] && [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == false ]; then
+  - if [ $SONATYPE_USERNAME ] && [ -z $TRAVIS_TAG ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" = "master" ]; then
       mvn clean deploy --settings .travis/settings.xml;
       echo "Finished mvn clean deploy";
     fi;