diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5aec4536..e83588fb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ matrix:
 script: npm run travis
 before_install:
   - npm i -g npm
-after_success:
-  - npx semantic-release
 branches:
   except:
     - /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - stage: release
+      node_js: 10
+      script: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f2ecf8d..80521db8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
     "pelias-mock-logger": "^1.3.0",
     "precommit-hook": "^3.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.0.0",
-    "semantic-release": "^15.1.4",
     "source-map": "^0.7.0",
     "tap-dot": "^2.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.5.1",