diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 406844655..5a5d23a5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@
          </dependency>
         </dependencies>        
         <configuration>
-          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/src/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${spotbugs.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
-          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/src/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml b/src/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
rename to src/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml