diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 20f2da240..8518577e3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     - stage: whitesource
       script: git branch -f "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" && git checkout "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" && sbt whitesourceCheckPolicies whitesourceUpdate
     - stage: publish
-      script: sbt publish
-      name: sbt publish
+      script: sbt +publish
+      name: sbt +publish
     - script: openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_9c9c33071881_key -iv $encrypted_9c9c33071881_iv -in gradle.properties.enc -out ./gradle-plugin/gradle.properties -d && cd gradle-plugin && ./gradlew publishPlugins
       name: gradle publish
     - script: eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && cp .travis/id_rsa /tmp/id_rsa && chmod 600 /tmp/id_rsa && ssh-keygen -p -P "$DEPLOY_PASSPHRASE" -N "" -f /tmp/id_rsa && ssh-add /tmp/id_rsa && sbt akka-grpc-docs/publishRsync