diff --git a/tool/travis.sh b/tool/travis.sh
index 9a2c5199a..1dfbf4274 100755
--- a/tool/travis.sh
+++ b/tool/travis.sh
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ create_apidoc() {
 ## increment the version number based on the last tag.
 incremented_version()
 {
-  local major_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^\(.*\)\\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+@.*$/\1/"`
-  local minor_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^[0-9]\+\.\(.*\)\.[0-9]\+@.*$/\1/"`
-  local patch_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\(.*\)@.*$/\1/"`
+  local major_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^\(.*\)\\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+.*$/\1/"`
+  local minor_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^[0-9]\+\.\(.*\)\.[0-9]\+.*$/\1/"`
+  local patch_version=`echo -e "${last_tag}" | sed "s/^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\(.*\).*$/\1/"`
 
 
   local new_patch_version=$((patch_version+1))
-  local new_version="$major_version.$minor_version.$new_patch_version@latest"
+  local new_version="$major_version.$minor_version.$new_patch_version@alpha"
   echo $new_version
 }