diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b3b807ad94ce2a6078d3c040d968c72eff4f5e63..d39802d69b3a5b35686ca63a8d66a0a964fc7a0d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@  - nix eval -f default.nix 'overlays'
 
 after_success:
   - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then nix-build ci.nix -A cacheOutputs | cachix push "${CACHIX_CACHE}"; fi
-  - if [ "false" = "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" -a "master" = "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" ]; then
+  - if [ "cron" != "${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE}" -a "false" = "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" -a "master" = "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" ]; then
       curl -XPOST "https://nur-update.herokuapp.com/update?repo=${NUR_REPO}"; fi