diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0027f37..b51d14f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ A parent pom for all the gCube artifacts.
 * Deployments of snapshot artifacts are not permitted
 * Release artifacts deployed to gcube-releases
 
+## dry-run
+This profile disables the deployment of the artifacts. 
+
 ## disable-java8-doclint
 This profile sets an additional parameter for javadoc generation to disables the doclint. 
 It avoids the build fails if formal/syntax errors are found in javadoc comments.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbf1a38..0cde9f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,30 @@
 			</distributionManagement>
 		</profile>
 
+        <profile>
+        <id>dry-run</id>
+        <activation>
+            <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            <property>
+                <name>build-dry-run</name>
+                <value>true</value>
+            </property>
+        </activation>
+            <build>
+                <pluginManagement>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <skip>true</skip>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </pluginManagement>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
 	</profiles>