diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6065cc265..4afe0785b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+			        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+			        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+<!-- 			        <version>3.0.0-M5</version> -->
+		        <configuration>
+		          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+		        </configuration>
+		      </plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>