diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33fc483fb09fc2ff1af3cc5fa7481d78a03e0a41..13aa6d52601433ee2e6ff7faa571611735cc89b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>