diff --git a/hotswap/pom.xml b/hotswap/pom.xml
index 6fc6845e4..09a11308c 100644
--- a/hotswap/pom.xml
+++ b/hotswap/pom.xml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <threadCount>8</threadCount>
                     <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=${file.encoding}</argLine>
+                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>