diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/FileSerialization319Test.java b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/FileSerialization319Test.java
index 5d9dd7e8d..3f2b5a80a 100644
--- a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/FileSerialization319Test.java
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/FileSerialization319Test.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SequenceWriter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.schema.AvroSchemaGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 public class FileSerialization319Test extends AvroTestBase
 {
     // [dataformats-binary#319]
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
     @Test
     public void testFileSerialization() throws Exception
     {
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/POJOEvolution164Test.java b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/POJOEvolution164Test.java
index 03b8ed8a4..23cb3fbd4 100644
--- a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/POJOEvolution164Test.java
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/failing/POJOEvolution164Test.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ static class MyClass {
 
     private final AvroMapper MAPPER = getMapper();
 
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
     @Test
     public void testSimpleFieldRemove() throws Exception
     {
diff --git a/ion/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/failing/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java b/ion/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/failing/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
index 586b0ebf0..4121db7f7 100644
--- a/ion/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/failing/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
+++ b/ion/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/failing/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.ion.IonObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.ion.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ static class Point {
         public int y = 2;
     }
 
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
     @Test
     public void testBasicPrettyPrintTextual() throws Exception
     {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b50e0f52..12ce748ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@
           </executions>
 	</plugin>
 
-	<plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <excludes>
-              <exclude>com/fasterxml/jackson/**/failing/*.java</exclude>
-            </excludes>
-          </configuration>
-	</plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
diff --git a/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/GenerateNestedType73Test.java b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/GenerateNestedType73Test.java
index 65892e57e..f41df72ae 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/GenerateNestedType73Test.java
+++ b/protobuf/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/failing/GenerateNestedType73Test.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.ProtobufMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.ProtobufTestBase;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.schema.ProtobufSchema;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.protobuf.testutil.failure.JacksonTestFailureExpected;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public class GenerateNestedType73Test extends ProtobufTestBase
     final ProtobufMapper MAPPER = new ProtobufMapper();
 
     // [dataformats-binary#68]
+    @JacksonTestFailureExpected
     @Test
     public void testNestedTypes() throws Exception
     {