diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab4c5a3b4..54e864539 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<revision>2.16.0</revision>
+		<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.5.3</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
+					<skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>