diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 91c9b6736a..d1434fed45 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 env:
   - RAKE_TASK=cucumber
   - RAKE_TASK=cucumber:boot
-  - RAKE_TASK=spec SPEC="--tag content"
-  - RAKE_TASK=spec SPEC="--tag ~content"
+  - RAKE_TASK=spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag content"
+  - RAKE_TASK=spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag ~content"
 
 language: ruby
 before_install: