diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 88058f322c943c67c5fa1edfeb30736a703ceb6d..bcf058cb5c925df845bd623900c053ed3579e99f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ before_script:
   - ulimit -c unlimited
 
 script:
-  - mvn verify
+  - mvn verify -DskipTests
   - travis_retry mvn -B clean apache-rat:check
   - travis_retry mvn -B package jacoco:report coveralls:report