diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
index dc2c0724f..d0f8faf7c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <tasks>
-                    <copy todir="${webappDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes">
+                    <copy overwrite="true" todir="${webappDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes">
                       <fileset dir="src/test/resources/logging"/>
                     </copy>
                     <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/appserver-base">