diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c5406c8eb..d9b324657 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         space: Taskana
         on:
           all_branches: true
-      if: repo = $DEPLOY_REPO AND tag =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$
+      if: repo = env(DEPLOY_REPO) AND tag =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$
     - stage: "Release / Deploy"
       script:
         - ci/release.sh lib/taskana-core $TRAVIS_TAG
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ jobs:
           && ci/release.sh lib/taskana-cdi $TRAVIS_TAG
           && ci/release.sh web/ $TRAVIS_TAG
           && ci/release.sh rest/taskana-rest-spring $TRAVIS_TAG
-      if: repo = $DEPLOY_REPO AND (tag =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ OR branch = master) AND type != pull_request
+      if: repo = env(DEPLOY_REPO) AND (tag =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ OR branch = master) AND type != pull_request