diff --git a/catalog-ui/pom.xml b/catalog-ui/pom.xml
index 1a03fa7..1d1fb8a 100644
--- a/catalog-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/catalog-ui/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                         <phase>test</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <arguments>test</arguments>
-                            <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+                            <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/openecomp-ui/pom.xml b/openecomp-ui/pom.xml
index 760d101..d2ff64e 100644
--- a/openecomp-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-ui/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <yarnInheritsProxyConfigFromMaven>false</yarnInheritsProxyConfigFromMaven>
               <arguments>test-build ${jest.command}</arguments>
-              <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+              <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
             </configuration>
             <!-- for some reason does not fail on test phase -->
             <phase>test</phase>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebdbc43..e0d5494 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@
             </activation>
             <properties>
                 <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
+                <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
             </properties>
             <modules>
                 <module>onboarding</module>