diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9aa3d1b7..381146e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@
             <exclude>**/.site-content/**</exclude>
             <exclude>**/git-sparse-checkout-pattern</exclude>
             <exclude>**/site.css</exclude>
+            <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
 
             <!-- Netbeans files -->
             <exclude>nb-configuration.xml</exclude>