Add this profile to your Maven setup.<profile> <id>autoInstallPackageAuthorAndPublish</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault> </activation> <build> <pluginManagement> <plugins> ...

It servers the purpose of tests that are executed on a running AEM instance, as opposed to Unit Tests with Mockito (or another framework) in a mock AEM context. e.g. https://github.com/sneakybeaky/AEM-Integration-Test-Example