diff --git a/.github/workflows/cucumber-integration-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/cucumber-integration-test.yaml
index 2126c93385..6e417a74fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cucumber-integration-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cucumber-integration-test.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ jobs:
           ADMIN_USER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.adminUserApiKey }}
           ISSUE_FILTER: ${{ inputs.executionFilter }}
           CUCUMBER_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.cucumberPublishToken }}
-        run: mvn clean verify -P cucumber -Dgroups="$ISSUE_FILTER" -pl irs-cucumber-tests -am --batch-mode 2> irs-cucumber-tests/report-banner.txt
+        # workaround replacement since injecting the token via environment variable does not work
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/CUCUMBER_TOKEN_IRS_PLACEHOLDER/${CUCUMBER_PUBLISH_TOKEN}/g" irs-cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/cucumber/RunCucumberTest.java
+
+          mvn clean verify -P cucumber -Dgroups="$ISSUE_FILTER" -pl irs-cucumber-tests -am --batch-mode 2> irs-cucumber-tests/report-banner.txt
 
       - name: Publish Cucumber Results
         uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v2.16.1
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -E "^│.*│$" irs-cucumber-tests/report-banner.txt > irs-cucumber-tests/cucumber-report.txt
           sed -i 's/│//g' irs-cucumber-tests/cucumber-report.txt
           cat irs-cucumber-tests/cucumber-report.txt
+          cat irs-cucumber-tests/cucumber-report.txt >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
       - name: Find previous comment in PR
         if: always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/irs-cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/cucumber/RunCucumberTest.java b/irs-cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/cucumber/RunCucumberTest.java
index df211207f2..ac1fd087f3 100644
--- a/irs-cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/cucumber/RunCucumberTest.java
+++ b/irs-cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/irs/cucumber/RunCucumberTest.java
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@
 import static io.cucumber.junit.platform.engine.Constants.ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED_PROPERTY_NAME;
 import static io.cucumber.junit.platform.engine.Constants.GLUE_PROPERTY_NAME;
 import static io.cucumber.junit.platform.engine.Constants.PLUGIN_PROPERTY_NAME;
-import static io.cucumber.junit.platform.engine.Constants.PLUGIN_PUBLISH_ENABLED_PROPERTY_NAME;
+import static io.cucumber.junit.platform.engine.Constants.PLUGIN_PUBLISH_TOKEN_PROPERTY_NAME;
 
 import org.junit.platform.suite.api.ConfigurationParameter;
 import org.junit.platform.suite.api.IncludeEngines;
 import org.junit.platform.suite.api.SelectPackages;
 import org.junit.platform.suite.api.Suite;
 
-@Suite
+@Suite(failIfNoTests = false)
 @IncludeEngines("cucumber")
 @SelectPackages("org.eclipse.tractusx.irs.cucumber")
 @ConfigurationParameter(key = GLUE_PROPERTY_NAME, value = "org.eclipse.tractusx.irs.cucumber")
-@ConfigurationParameter(key = PLUGIN_PUBLISH_ENABLED_PROPERTY_NAME, value = "true")
+@ConfigurationParameter(key = PLUGIN_PUBLISH_TOKEN_PROPERTY_NAME, value = "CUCUMBER_TOKEN_IRS_PLACEHOLDER")
 @ConfigurationParameter(key = ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED_PROPERTY_NAME, value = "true")
 @ConfigurationParameter(key = PLUGIN_PROPERTY_NAME,
                         value = "pretty,junit:target/cucumber-junit-report.xml,html:target/report.html")
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 206cffe376..c2a3bd8350 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
-                            <excludedGroups>INTEGRATION_TEST,INACTIVE</excludedGroups>
+                            <excludedGroups>INTEGRATION_TEST,INACTIVE,Ignore</excludedGroups>
                             <properties>
                                 <configurationParameters>
                                     cucumber.execution.dry-run=true