diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32ee6a42..91d47814 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -315,5 +315,18 @@
 				</pluginRepository>
 			</pluginRepositories>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>withoutDockerTests</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+						<configuration>
+							<excludedGroups>DockerRequired</excludedGroups>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemReaderAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemReaderAutoConfigurationTests.java
index bb730b72..aa578c99 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemReaderAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemReaderAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+@Tag("DockerRequired")
 public class AmqpItemReaderAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	private static int amqpPort;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemWriterAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemWriterAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a17a46d0..9cf752b7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemWriterAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-single-step-batch-job/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/task/batch/autoconfigure/rabbit/AmqpItemWriterAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+@Tag("DockerRequired")
 public class AmqpItemWriterAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	private final static String QUEUE_NAME = "foo";
diff --git a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
index 90a801d7..f7b25066 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/pom.xml
@@ -184,5 +184,19 @@
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>
 
-
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>withoutDockerTests</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+						<configuration>
+							<excludedGroups>DockerRequired</excludedGroups>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/src/test/java/io/spring/cloud/BatchEventsApplicationTests.java b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/src/test/java/io/spring/cloud/BatchEventsApplicationTests.java
index 4a23f181..165e7295 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/src/test/java/io/spring/cloud/BatchEventsApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/src/test/java/io/spring/cloud/BatchEventsApplicationTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.RabbitMQContainer;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+@Tag("DockerRequired")
 public class BatchEventsApplicationTests {
 
 	static {