diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd60d44e140785005da78f0fc0ae9fb3af60e71e..05269b15422727292ec182f8659afa5a83057a78 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ before_deploy:
   if [ -z "$BEFORE_DEPLOY_RAN" ]; then
     npm --no-git-tag-version version $RELEASE_VERSION
     if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then export NPM_TAG=stable; fi
+    if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == hotfix/* ]; then export NPM_TAG=hotfix; fi
     git config --global user.email $(git log --pretty=format:"%ae" -n1)
     git config --global user.name $(git log --pretty=format:"%an" -n1)
     export BEFORE_DEPLOY_RAN=true