diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65d11834..816a6c1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-m1-m2.html
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
-                      <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                    <arguments>-Dmaven.test.skipTests=true</arguments>                    
                       <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
                       <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                       <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>