diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04e662e..cc93f07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@
 						<exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
 						<exclude>**/CHANGELOG.md</exclude>
 						<exclude>**/.github_changelog_generator</exclude>
+						<exclude>**/release.properties</exclude>
 					</excludes>
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>