diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 715e3282124ebbb7df9aa55ec322b0d0b0847ef2..5c34373459ebd849b68c6cb54daa4e057ab2ae8a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - stage: publish
       script: skip
-      python: 3.6
+      python: 2.7
       deploy:
         provider: pypi
         user: flyte