diff --git a/automationtests/pom.xml b/automationtests/pom.xml
index 68d930a8c0..3eb762e758 100644
--- a/automationtests/pom.xml
+++ b/automationtests/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<maven.sonar.plugin.version>3.2</maven.sonar.plugin.version>
 		<maven.javadoc.version>3.0.1</maven.javadoc.version>
 		<maven-shade-plugin.version>2.3</maven-shade-plugin.version>
-		<maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
+		<maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
 		<maven.sonar.plugin.version>3.7.0.1746</maven.sonar.plugin.version>
 		<!-- spring -->
 		<spring.boot.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
@@ -558,6 +558,21 @@
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<doclint>none</doclint>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.5.1</version>