diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-v1.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-v1.yml
index fbb3e359fc..d8f67e8efb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-v1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-v1.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "POM VERSION" ${MY_POM_VERSION}
             if [[ $MY_POM_VERSION =~ ^.*SNAPSHOT$ ]];
             then
-                mvn --no-transfer-progress -B clean deploy
+                mvn --no-transfer-progress -B clean deploy -Dsurefire.forkCount=4 -DargLine="-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow" -Dsurefire.useFile=false
             else
                 echo "not deploying release: " ${MY_POM_VERSION}
             fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-v1.yml b/.github/workflows/release-v1.yml
index b25db0adac..d86c794bf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-v1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-v1.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
         nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
         maven_profiles: "release"
+        maven_args: "-DskipTests"
     - name: Run post release script
       id: postRelease
       if: env.RELEASE_OK == 'yes'