diff --git a/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml b/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
index fd5f6d301604..f8e193611a33 100644
--- a/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
     <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
     <version>3.47.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   </parent>
-  <properties>
-    <skipUnitTests>true</skipUnitTests>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml b/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
index 8c7bc0bdf95c..a706f1683d77 100644
--- a/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
+++ b/java-firestore/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <version>3.47.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
+    <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-firestore</site.installationModule>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/java-firestore/pom.xml b/java-firestore/pom.xml
index ae39cc82cc60..5f896b0895c8 100644
--- a/java-firestore/pom.xml
+++ b/java-firestore/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <skipUnitTests>false</skipUnitTests>
+    <!-- skipUnitTests is intentionally not set here so generated submodules (like admin) inherit true by default. Core handwritten unit tests are enabled in google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml. -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>