diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 954e6c8d..e23975f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
 
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
+      run: mvn -DskipTests -B package --file pom.xml
 
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
       run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml