From b225abe10f70708fb1bb22586000a258ac4fdfe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:41:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(bigtable): allow bulkTests profile to skip unit tests by
 removing explicit skipTests override

---
 java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 17e1db391fa2..0616ef8389b7 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
 
     <!-- Enable the ability to skip unit tests and only run integration tests,
-         while still respecting global skipTests override. -->
-    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
+         while still respecting global skipTests override and parent bulkTests profile.
+         Do NOT set an explicit <skipTests>false</skipTests> here, as submodule property
+         declarations override parent profile settings and prevent -PbulkTests from working. -->
     <skipUnitTests>${skipTests}</skipUnitTests>
     <skipITs>${skipTests}</skipITs>
     <!-- Configure test logging output. By default tests print info logs to stdout/err.