diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index c6f2cdcc5..16a4e2c34 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
+    <relativePath>/</relativePath>
     <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>java8-oss</artifactId>
     <version>2.3</version>