diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98ddfde58a..a27dcdb44e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>sonia.scm.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>smp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0-alpha-8</version>
+          <version>1.0.0-rc1</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
diff --git a/scm-ui/pom.xml b/scm-ui/pom.xml
index e8277fae6e..50bd414118 100644
--- a/scm-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-ui/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <build.script>build</build.script>
+    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
     <sonar.language>typescript</sonar.language>
     <sonar.sources>ui-extensions/src,ui-components/src,ui-webapp/src</sonar.sources>
     <sonar.test.exclusions>**/*.test.js,src/tests/**</sonar.test.exclusions>