diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2204616a..b727d220 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ before_deploy:
 - node -v
 - curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash -s -- --version 1.15.2
 - export PATH="$HOME/.yarn/bin:$PATH"
-- chmod +x ./scripts/release.sh
 - RELEASE_TAG=$TRAVIS_TAG ./scripts/release.sh
 
 deploy:
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755