diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8f9fd19e..9a2916d7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
 						<quiet>true</quiet>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+			        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+			        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+<!-- 			        <version>3.0.0-M5</version> -->
+			        <configuration>
+			          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+			        </configuration>
+			      </plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>