diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-snapshot.yml
index 8f7bb09c..2b4aa922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-snapshot.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         package-name: 'org.eclipse.basyx.basyx.sdk'
 
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
-      run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
+      run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml -DskipTests
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}