diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 345a213a6..22b24d5e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@
               <exclude>**/.site-content/**</exclude>
               <exclude>**/git-sparse-checkout-pattern</exclude>
               <exclude>status-dep.txt</exclude>
+              <exclude>.asf.yaml</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>