diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ec5304d..392b6560 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ redback-integrations/redback-struts2/redback-struts2-example/overlays/
 .DS_Store
 .site-content
 .java-version
+nb-configuration.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3705bb93..f1364f19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@
             <exclude>patch.diff</exclude>
             <exclude>.repository</exclude>
             <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
+            <!-- Netbeans files -->
+            <exclude>nb-configuration.xml</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
         <executions>