diff --git a/ksqldb-api-client/pom.xml b/ksqldb-api-client/pom.xml
index ac8f9e446f07..f354b2ac2dd3 100644
--- a/ksqldb-api-client/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@
                     <notree>true</notree>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Skip ITs temporarily -->
+                    <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ksqldb-cli/pom.xml b/ksqldb-cli/pom.xml
index 4c5ca9c493e7..6d97fb6074d5 100644
--- a/ksqldb-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-cli/pom.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Skip ITs temporarily -->
+                    <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/pom.xml b/ksqldb-rest-app/pom.xml
index ef87f09ca2ea..77dbe04e610f 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/pom.xml
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Skip ITs temporarily -->
+                    <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ksqldb-tools/pom.xml b/ksqldb-tools/pom.xml
index 2809a5e257ea..5a9ba0e3f009 100644
--- a/ksqldb-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-tools/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Skip ITs temporarily -->
+                    <skipITs>true</skipITs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9a63ff2bef5..6b5372e6798b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <junit.platform.execution.listeners.deactivate>org.apache.kafka.test.ThreadLeakListener</junit.platform.execution.listeners.deactivate>
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
-                    <!-- Skip ITs temporarily -->
-                    <skipITs>true</skipITs>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>