<dockerLocation>${basedir}/target/swm/package/nix/dist_files/</dockerLocation>
                <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
                <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> 
-               <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+               <skipTests>false</skipTests>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
                <!-- AJSC related dependencies -->
                        <plugin>
                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                               <version>2.12.4</version>
+                               <version>2.19.1</version>
                                <configuration>
                                        <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
                                        <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>