Situation: According to the documentation at https://github.com/messagebird/java-rest-api/blob/master/README.md running the command mvn test -Ptest -DmessageBirdAccessKey=[your access key] -DmessageBirdMSISDN=[your phone] should run the tests, however the tests are skipped The issue seems to come from the configuration under the default profile <profiles> <profile> <id>default</id> <properties> <skipTests>false</skipTests> Before changing this we need to ensure we don't break something else (such as builds)