diff --git a/devops/azure/pipeline.yml b/devops/azure/pipeline.yml
index 0914497c5d1aac053683034855b5a4c1da8e7eba..2fe7f663ad2beb4e6cf2e01dcdbef11f8fd1be82 100644
--- a/devops/azure/pipeline.yml
+++ b/devops/azure/pipeline.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ variables:
     value: "devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml"
   - name: 'MANIFEST_REPO'
     value: $[ resources.repositories['FluxRepo'].name ]
+  - name: SKIP_TESTS
+    value: 'false'
 
 
 stages: