diff --git a/test-apis-ci/pom.xml b/test-apis-ci/pom.xml
index cfe1ac9..105d3cd 100644
--- a/test-apis-ci/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apis-ci/pom.xml
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
                   </excludes>
                 </validationSet>
               </validationSets>
+              <skip>${skipYamlJsonValidator}</skip>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>