diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d8a625527..760bd6ab3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ branches:
 env:
   - MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
 before_install:
-  - OLD_VERSION=`mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^\["`
+  - OLD_VERSION=`mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version 2>/dev/null | grep -Ev "(^\[|Download\w+:)"`
   - NEW_VERSION=${OLD_VERSION%-SNAPSHOT}-build-`printf %05d $TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER`
   - echo "Building version $NEW_VERSION"
   - mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$NEW_VERSION