diff --git a/org.eclipse.scout.parent/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.scout.parent/pom.xml
index 93e5600..481ccd5 100755
--- a/org.eclipse.scout.parent/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.scout.parent/pom.xml
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
             </excludes>
             <!-- Kill test JVM if tests take more than 5 minutes (300 seconds) to finish -->
             <forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>300</forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>
+            <!-- do not abort on test failures -->
+            <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+            <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>