diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c446e7..55ea4c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ os:
 branches:
   only:
     - main
-    - /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/
+    - /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/
 
 addons:
   sonarcloud:
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ jobs:
       name: "Make a Release"
       if: branch != main
       before_script: skip
-      after_success: skip
+      # after_success step needs to run for deploy to run
+      after_success: true
       script: skip
       deploy:
         on: