diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ab88aa9ce76279a321ceec871b06ef38214d412a..9c3193d19d149ad11cb108f207fd80ebf676d187 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ php:
 # PHP 5.6 is not yet released, allow failures
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
-    - "5.6"
+    - php: "5.6"
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels: