diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ed9bca777..147d820bae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1720,6 +1720,7 @@
                <configuration>
                   <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                   <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                  <arguments>-DskipTests</arguments>
                </configuration>
             </plugin>
          </plugins>