diff --git a/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml b/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
index a822bf247..0b4900943 100644
--- a/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ runs:
         echo "TESTCONTAINERS_RYUK_DISABLED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Set SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS
-      if: inputs.sonar-token != ''
+      if: inputs.sonar-token != '' && env.SKIP_TESTS != 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: echo "SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS=sonar:sonar -Dsonar.host.url=${{ inputs.sonar-host-url }} -Dsonar.organization=${{ inputs.sonar-organization }} -Dsonar.projectKey=${{ inputs.project-key }} -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=${{ inputs.aggregate-report-path }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 368fe859d..3733d0c27 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v8.12.0
+v8.12.1