diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9969b8a19..082e269b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <!-- Common plugin settings -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <maven.test.failure.ignore>false</maven.test.failure.ignore>
+    <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
     <!-- vscaladoc settings -->
     <maven.scaladoc.vscaladocVersion>1.2-m1</maven.scaladoc.vscaladocVersion>
     <vscaladoc.links.liftweb.pathsufix>scaladocs/</vscaladoc.links.liftweb.pathsufix>