diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 5b09544ea..bd69688ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ jobs:
         # This means there's no way to skip publishing of a particular module in a multi-module build, so we iterate over each module and publish them individually,
         # letting exists-maven-plugin skip the nexus-staging-maven-plugin's entire deploy goal if the artifact exists.
         run: |
-          mvn --non-recursive --batch-mode --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy
+          mvn --non-recursive --batch-mode --settings release/m2-settings.xml -DskipTests clean deploy
           modules=($(cat pom.xml | grep "<module>" | sed 's/\s*<.*>\(.*\)<.*>/\1/'))
           for module in "${modules[@]}"
           do
-              mvn --batch-mode --projects $module --settings release/m2-settings.xml clean deploy
+              mvn --batch-mode --projects $module --settings release/m2-settings.xml -DskipTests clean deploy
           done
         env:
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}