diff --git a/rl4j/rl4j-core/pom.xml b/rl4j/rl4j-core/pom.xml
index bdfa8c40f..b900673f3 100644
--- a/rl4j/rl4j-core/pom.xml
+++ b/rl4j/rl4j-core/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-common</artifactId>
+              <configuration>
+                  <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.deeplearning4j</groupId>