diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32295ffc8..a68b56532 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-target/*
 bin/*
 build/*
 .gradle/*
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ build/*
 .attach_pid*
 .idea
 *.iml
-/target
 .sts4-cache/
 .vscode
 _site/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2dbfce412..6a6ac343a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
 COPY src ./src
 
 # Package the application
-RUN ./mvnw clean package -DskipTests
+RUN ./mvnw clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
 
 # Copy the JAR file to the app directory
 COPY target/*.jar app.jar