diff --git a/scripts/travis/update_downstream.sh b/scripts/travis/update_downstream.sh
index 8868656124..f852909fcb 100644
--- a/scripts/travis/update_downstream.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/update_downstream.sh
@@ -6,20 +6,22 @@ pushd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../"
 
 source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/build_functions.sh"
 
+#Fetch the latest changes, as Travis will only checkout the PR commit
+git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
+git checkout "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
+git pull
+
+# Retrieve the current Community version
+VERSION="$(evaluatePomProperty "project.version")"
+
 DOWNSTREAM_REPO="github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-enterprise-repo.git"
 
 cloneRepo "${DOWNSTREAM_REPO}" "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../../$(basename "${DOWNSTREAM_REPO%.git}")"
 
-# Update parent
-mvn -B versions:update-parent versions:commit
-
-VERSION="$(sed -n '/<parent>/,/<\/parent>/p' pom.xml \
-    | sed -n '/<version>/,/<\/version>/p' \
-    | tr -d '\n' \
-    | grep -oP '(?<=<version>).*(?=</version>)' \
-    | xargs)"
+# Update parent version
+mvn -B versions:update-parent versions:commit "-DparentVersion=[${VERSION}]"
 
 # Update dependency version
 mvn -B versions:set-property versions:commit \
@@ -32,8 +34,10 @@ git --no-pager diff pom.xml
 git add pom.xml
 
 if git status --untracked-files=no --porcelain | grep -q '^' ; then
-  git commit -m "Update upstream version to ${VERSION}"
-  git push
+  #todo enable this commit & push
+  echo "Skip for now"
+  #git commit -m "Update upstream version to ${VERSION}"
+  #git push
 else
   echo "Dependencies are already up to date."
   git status