diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02ee5f397..f2a5e0340 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
           <dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</dateFormat>
           <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
           <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
-		  <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/../.git</dotGitDirectory>
+		  <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/.git</dotGitDirectory>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>