diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index af08d670..8f50d1c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,6 @@ jobs:
         - git config --global user.email "jrnl.bot@gmail.com"
         - git config --global user.name "Jrnl Bot"
         - git checkout master
-        - git add pyproject.toml
+        - git add pyproject.toml jrnl/__version__.py
         - git commit -m "Incrementing version to ${TRAVIS_TAG} [ci skip]"
         - git push https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl.git master