diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a2e9015..bbfa499 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global --add safe.directory /feedzai-openml-java/openml-lightgbm/lightgbm-builder/make-lightgbm && \
           cd /feedzai-openml-java && \
           cp openml-lightgbm/lightgbm-builder/make-lightgbm/build/amd64/musl/lib_lightgbm.so /lib/lib_lightgbm.so && \
-          mvn test -B -Dtest=!ClassifyUnknownCategoryTest#test,!H2OModelProviderTrainTest#trainModelsForAllAlgorithms'
+          mvn test -B -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dtest=!ClassifyUnknownCategoryTest#test,!H2OModelProviderTrainTest#trainModelsForAllAlgorithms'
         # skip build arm temporarily to speedup tests
         env:
           ARCH_BUILD: "single"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global --add safe.directory /feedzai-openml-java && \
           git config --global --add safe.directory /feedzai-openml-java/openml-lightgbm/lightgbm-builder/make-lightgbm && \
           cd /feedzai-openml-java && \
-          mvn test -B -Dtest=!ClassifyUnknownCategoryTest#test,!H2OModelProviderTrainTest#trainModelsForAllAlgorithms'
+          mvn test -B -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dtest=!ClassifyUnknownCategoryTest#test,!H2OModelProviderTrainTest#trainModelsForAllAlgorithms'
 
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with: