diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1734cb53c..d290a7c42 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pool:
 
 variables:
   MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/.m2/repository
-  MAVEN_OPTS: '-Dmaven.repo.local=$(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER)'
+  MAVEN_OPTS: '-Dmaven.repo.local=$(MAVEN_CACHE_FOLDER) -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Drat.skip=true'
   SPARK_VERSION: '2.4.4'
   HADOOP_VERSION: '2.7'
   SPARK_HOME: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)-bin-hadoop$(HADOOP_VERSION)
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ stages:
               wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION)-bin-hadoop$(HADOOP_VERSION).tgz -O $(Pipeline.Workspace)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION).tgz
               tar -xvf $(Pipeline.Workspace)/spark-$(SPARK_VERSION).tgz -C $(Pipeline.Workspace)/
               mkdir /tmp/spark-events/
-              mvn -Pintegration-tests verify
+              mvn $(MAVEN_OPTS) -Pintegration-tests verify