diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ec6b1ec..d640b10 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dist: xenial
 python: '3.7'
 stages:
 - name: test
+  if: tag IS NOT present
 - name: bump_and_tag
   if: branch = master AND NOT tag IS present AND type != pull_request
 - name: publish
diff --git a/utils/common/bump_version.py b/utils/common/bump_version.py
index f08a167..6a218f8 100755
--- a/utils/common/bump_version.py
+++ b/utils/common/bump_version.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def bump(labels=None):
 
     print("Committing files changed by version bumping")
     # commit files changed by version bumping
-    print(git("commit", "-a", "-m", COMMIT_MESSAGE.format(version) + ' [skip ci]'))
+    print(git("commit", "-a", "-m", COMMIT_MESSAGE.format(version)))
 
     return version