diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9c4f8a..0b157b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
  </distributionManagement>
 
  <properties>
+     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>