diff --git a/.travis/build-push.sh b/.travis/build-push.sh
index 3dcdc04f72..95b5aa50ee 100644
--- a/.travis/build-push.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-push.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ev
 
-VERSION=$(./mvnw -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.5.0:exec)
+VERSION=$(./mvnw -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.5.0:exec | tail -1)
 echo "Building PMD ${VERSION} on branch ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
 
 if [[ "$VERSION" != *-SNAPSHOT && "$TRAVIS_TAG" != "" ]]; then
diff --git a/.travis/release.sh b/.travis/release.sh
index b96a28817c..30ad12ce26 100644
--- a/.travis/release.sh
+++ b/.travis/release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ev
 
-RELEASE_VERSION=$(./mvnw -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.5.0:exec)
+RELEASE_VERSION=$(./mvnw -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.5.0:exec | tail -1)
 
 # Deploy to ossrh has already been done with the usual build. See build-push.sh