diff --git a/bump.rb b/bump.rb
index 649ac29347..0edd5805c1 100755
--- a/bump.rb
+++ b/bump.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ end
 ARGV << 'patch' if ARGV.empty?
 help unless ARGV.count == 1
 
-raise 'Not in master branch' unless `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.strip == 'master'
+# raise 'Not in master branch' unless `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.strip == 'master'
 
 puts 'Pulling and fetching tags...'
 `git pull --tags`