diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
index d149c3c2..eb491408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ jobs:
         echo JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NUMBER=$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Build and Publish
       run: |
-        jfrog rt mvn -B clean install
+        jfrog rt mvn -B clean install -DskipTests
         jfrog rt build-publish