diff --git a/mdtp-examples/pom.xml b/mdtp-examples/pom.xml
index ac6c9fb..c074ebd 100644
--- a/mdtp-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/mdtp-examples/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
     <artifactId>mdtp-examples</artifactId>
 
+    <properties>
+        <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.protocol-laboratory</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84e07f6..7770e7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <src.dir>src/main/java</src.dir>
         <jacoco.overall.exec>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/jacoco/jacoco.exec</jacoco.overall.exec>
+        <jacoco.skip>false</jacoco.skip>
         <!-- dependency -->
         <junit.version>5.11.0</junit.version>
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
                         <id>prepare-agent</id>
                         <configuration>
                             <append>true</append>
+                            <skip>${jacoco.skip}</skip>
                         </configuration>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
@@ -124,6 +126,9 @@
                     <execution>
                         <id>report</id>
                         <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <skip>${jacoco.skip}</skip>
+                        </configuration>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>report</goal>
                         </goals>