diff --git a/.semaphore/cp_dockerfile_build.yml b/.semaphore/cp_dockerfile_build.yml
index 90c34307a6..4ca30d69c3 100644
--- a/.semaphore/cp_dockerfile_build.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/cp_dockerfile_build.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ blocks:
             - export PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS="$PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -DCONFLUENT_PACKAGES_REPO=$OS_PACKAGES_URL"
             - mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker clean install dependency:analyze validate -U -Ddocker.registry=$DOCKER_DEV_REGISTRY -Ddocker.upstream-registry=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_REGISTRY
               -DBUILD_NUMBER=$BUILD_NUMBER -DGIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT -Ddocker.tag=$DOCKER_DEV_TAG$OS_TAG$AMD_ARCH -Ddocker.upstream-tag=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_TAG$OS_TAG -Darch.type=$AMD_ARCH -Ddocker.os_type=ubi8
-              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip
+              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true
             - . cache-maven store
             - >-
               for dev_image in $AMD_DOCKER_DEV_FULL_IMAGES;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ blocks:
             - ci-tools ci-update-version
             - mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker clean install dependency:analyze validate -U -Ddocker.registry=$DOCKER_DEV_REGISTRY -Ddocker.upstream-registry=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_REGISTRY
               -DBUILD_NUMBER=$BUILD_NUMBER -DGIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT -Ddocker.tag=$DOCKER_DEV_TAG$OS_TAG$ARM_ARCH -Ddocker.upstream-tag=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_TAG$OS_TAG -Darch.type=$ARM_ARCH -Ddocker.os_type=ubi8
-              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip
+              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true
             - . cache-maven store
             - for image in $ARM_DOCKER_DEV_FULL_IMAGES; do echo "Pushing $image" && docker push $image; done
       epilogue:
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ blocks:
             - ci-tools ci-push-tag
             - |-
               if [[ ! $IS_RELEASE && ! $IS_PREVIEW ]]; then
-                mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker -DaltDeploymentRepository=confluent-codeartifact-internal::default::https://confluent-519856050701.d.codeartifact.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/maven/maven-snapshots/ -DrepositoryId=confluent-codeartifact-internal deploy -DskipTests -Ddocker.skip-build=true -Ddocker.skip-test=true -Dmaven.test.skip 
+                mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker -DaltDeploymentRepository=confluent-codeartifact-internal::default::https://confluent-519856050701.d.codeartifact.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/maven/maven-snapshots/ -DrepositoryId=confluent-codeartifact-internal deploy -DskipTests -Ddocker.skip-build=true -Ddocker.skip-test=true 
               fi
             # Create manifest
             - >-
diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 5f3f1a0a23..0a208e1d72 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ blocks:
             - export PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS="$PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -DCONFLUENT_PACKAGES_REPO=$OS_PACKAGES_URL"
             - mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker clean install dependency:analyze validate -U -Ddocker.registry=$DOCKER_DEV_REGISTRY -Ddocker.upstream-registry=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_REGISTRY
               -DBUILD_NUMBER=$BUILD_NUMBER -DGIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT -Ddocker.tag=$DOCKER_DEV_TAG$OS_TAG$AMD_ARCH -Ddocker.upstream-tag=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_TAG$OS_TAG -Darch.type=$AMD_ARCH -Ddocker.os_type=ubi8
-              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip
+              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true
             - . cache-maven store
             - >-
               for dev_image in $AMD_DOCKER_DEV_FULL_IMAGES;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ blocks:
             - ci-tools ci-update-version
             - mvn -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 --batch-mode -P jenkins,docker clean install dependency:analyze validate -U -Ddocker.registry=$DOCKER_DEV_REGISTRY -Ddocker.upstream-registry=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_REGISTRY
               -DBUILD_NUMBER=$BUILD_NUMBER -DGIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT -Ddocker.tag=$DOCKER_DEV_TAG$OS_TAG$ARM_ARCH -Ddocker.upstream-tag=$DOCKER_UPSTREAM_TAG$OS_TAG -Darch.type=$ARM_ARCH -Ddocker.os_type=ubi8
-              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip
+              $PACKAGING_BUILD_ARGS -Ddependency.check.skip=true
             - . cache-maven store
             - for image in $ARM_DOCKER_DEV_FULL_IMAGES; do echo "Pushing $image" && docker push $image; done
       epilogue: