diff --git a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
index d7632b8d0..4866427ad 100644
--- a/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-docs/pom.xml
@@ -179,5 +179,16 @@
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<!-- skip execution as there are none in this module -->
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>