diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d227835db..e7c4214f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ notifications:
   email: true
 
 go:
-  - 1.9
+  - 1.9.2
 
 go_import_path: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ env:
 
 merge_mode: deep_merge
 
-after_success:
-  - .travis/publish.sh
-
 jobs:
   include:
   - stage: Static Check
@@ -46,3 +43,6 @@ jobs:
     - test/e2e/up.sh
     script:
     - make e2e-test
+  - stage: publish
+    script:
+    - .travis/publish.sh
diff --git a/.travis/release-from-travis.sh b/.travis/release-from-travis.sh
index 508fae6a0..7f5fd9234 100755
--- a/.travis/release-from-travis.sh
+++ b/.travis/release-from-travis.sh
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ body=$(cat <<EOF
     "branch": "master",
 		"message": "Publishing image for component $2 to quay.io",
     "config": {
-			"merge_mode": "deep_merge",
-      "env": [
-        "COMPONENT=\"$2\""
-      ]
+      "merge_mode": "deep_merge",
+      "env": {
+        "COMPONENT": "$2"
+      }
     }
   }
 }