diff --git a/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
index 770f0110f..2c405c725 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -363,6 +363,19 @@
                     <name>apicurio</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <use.apicurio>true</use.apicurio>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
             <properties>
                 <docker.filter>${docker.dbs},apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:${version.apicurio}</docker.filter>
             </properties>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
index 94df87881..19c3bf69c 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -852,6 +852,19 @@
                     <name>apicurio</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <use.apicurio>true</use.apicurio>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
             <properties>
                 <docker.filter>${docker.dbs},apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:${version.apicurio}</docker.filter>
             </properties>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-oracle/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-oracle/pom.xml
index 6e7005771..34218f7c8 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-oracle/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-oracle/pom.xml
@@ -580,6 +580,19 @@
                     <name>apicurio</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <use.apicurio>true</use.apicurio>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
             <properties>
                 <docker.filter>${docker.dbs},apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:${version.apicurio}</docker.filter>
             </properties>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
index f661fa433..f98e14c7a 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -443,6 +443,19 @@
                     <name>apicurio</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <use.apicurio>true</use.apicurio>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
             <properties>
                 <docker.filter>${docker.dbs},apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:${version.apicurio}</docker.filter>
             </properties>
diff --git a/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
index aa459c19b..6fe55d666 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-sqlserver/pom.xml
@@ -346,6 +346,19 @@
                     <name>apicurio</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <use.apicurio>true</use.apicurio>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
             <properties>
                 <docker.filter>${docker.dbs},apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:${version.apicurio}</docker.filter>
             </properties>
diff --git a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/data/VerifyRecord.java b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/data/VerifyRecord.java
index 5e2712b08..866bfda3a 100644
--- a/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/data/VerifyRecord.java
+++ b/debezium-core/src/test/java/io/debezium/data/VerifyRecord.java
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
@@ -1288,15 +1285,8 @@ private static Object setVersion(Object obj, Integer version) {
     }
 
     public static boolean isApucurioAvailable() {
-        try {
-            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(APICURIO_URL).openConnection();
-            conn.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
-            int respCode = conn.getResponseCode();
-            return respCode == 200;
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
+        String useApicurio = System.getProperty("use.apicurio");
+        return useApicurio != null && useApicurio.equalsIgnoreCase("true");
     }
 
 }