diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
index bcab713a3..0eabb021c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
           <configuration>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>src/test/nexus-search-test-repo*/**</exclude>
+              <exclude>src/test/repo-release*/**</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>