diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 973618b106..95baf695f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@ install:
   - travis_retry mvn install clean -U -DskipTests=true
 
 script:
-  - travis_retry mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=manual_build
-  - travis_retry mvn $MAVEN_OVERRIDE verify -U
+  - travis_retry mvn $MAVEN_OVERRIDE install -U
   - travis_retry travis/test_wordcount.sh
diff --git a/travis/test_wordcount.sh b/travis/test_wordcount.sh
index 2e8a58b8cb..fdb9d10a85 100755
--- a/travis/test_wordcount.sh
+++ b/travis/test_wordcount.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
 PASS=1
-JAR_FILE=examples/target/google-cloud-dataflow-java-examples-all-bundled-manual_build.jar
+VERSION=$(mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:2.1.1:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v '\[')
+JAR_FILE=examples/target/google-cloud-dataflow-java-examples-all-bundled-${VERSION}.jar
 
 function check_result_hash {
   local name=$1