diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f79fa3939..9568f1e21 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 env:
     global:
         - NODE_VERSION=4.4.7
+        - DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+        - PACKAGE_VERSION=$DATE-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER
 
 language: android
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ before_deploy:
 - cd ../nativescript-angular
 - npm install typescript -g
 - npm install
-- node ../build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js next
+- node ../build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js next $PACKAGE_VERSION
 
 deploy:
   provider: npm
diff --git a/build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js b/build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js
index 5c6989e21..224c66165 100644
--- a/build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js
+++ b/build/travis-scripts/add-publishConfig.js
@@ -25,5 +25,9 @@ if (packageDef.private) {
     delete packageDef.private;
 }
 
+// adding date and travis build number (2016-07-18-765) to version in order to get unique version for @next build
+var package_version = process.argv[3];
+packageDef.version += '-' + package_version;
+
 var newContent = JSON.stringify(packageDef, null, '  ');
 fsModule.writeFileSync(path, newContent, fileOptions);