diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index 9a5d55b9..7aa4fa61 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # required so it can be called from reactor
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/LICENSE.txt
 maven.checkstyle.properties=${basedir}/checkstyle.xml
-maven.checkstyle.fail.on.violation=false
+