diff --git a/tests/travis/initiate_ui_tests.sh b/tests/travis/initiate_ui_tests.sh
index c3efd8af091fe543f033b506dbe98dda9c98671c..f9c1559ce62185bd0b5e15e3c89c325754309f83 100755
--- a/tests/travis/initiate_ui_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/travis/initiate_ui_tests.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # initiate UI tests before starting system tests for php 5.5
-if [ "$TEST_SUITE" != "SystemTests" ] || [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != 5\.4* ]]; then
+if [ "$TEST_SUITE" != "SystemTests" ] || [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != 5\.6* ]]; then
     echo "Not initiating UI tests (\$TEST_SUITE = $TEST_SUITE, \$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION = $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION)."
     exit
 fi