diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b289539b12..1ff61c6776 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ deploy:
     - controller.yaml
     - controller-norbac.yaml
   on:
-    go: '1.8'
+    condition: ${TRAVIS_GO_VERSION}.0 =~ ^1\.8\.
     tags: true
   provider: releases
   skip_cleanup: true