diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4a5a36311..16d370fa4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ script:
   - ./gradlew build jacocoTestReport
 after_success:
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
-  - GIT_BRANCH=$TRAVIS_BRANCH etc/scripts/tag-release.sh
+  - etc/scripts/tag-release.sh
 #deploy:
 #  provider: releases
 #  api_key:
diff --git a/etc/scripts/tag-release.sh b/etc/scripts/tag-release.sh
index b6c5e82b0..61d3c18e0 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/tag-release.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/tag-release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-GIT_BRANCH=${GIT_BRANCH:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}
+GIT_BRANCH=${TRAVIS_BRANCH:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}
 [[ $GIT_BRANCH =~ ^release ]] && ./gradlew -Pbintray_user=$BINTRAY_USER -Pbintray_key=$BINTRAY_KEY release bintrayUpload $@
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