diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aed480a63..b406e4895 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
               <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
               <sourceDirectories>${basedir}</sourceDirectories>
               <includes>**/*</includes>
-              <excludes>**/.git/**/*,**/.idea/**/*,**/target/**/,**/.flattened-pom.xml,**/*.class</excludes>
+              <excludes>**/.git/**/*,**/.idea/**/*,**/.m2/**/*,**/target/**/,**/.flattened-pom.xml,**/*.class</excludes>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
               <goal>check</goal>