diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 09da120bc..4a0ef834c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ deploy:
     tags: true
     all_branches: true
     repo: scrapy/scrapy
-    condition: "$TOXENV == py27 && $TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^[0-9][.][0-9]*[02468][.]"
+    condition: "$TOXENV == py27 && $TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^[0-9]+[.][0-9]+[.][0-9]+(rc[0-9]+)?$"