diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8f9fd19e..0610fb948 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
 			</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>
 	</build>
 	<reporting>