diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a1b1ae13..eef22e78e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <threshold>Normal</threshold>
           <effort>Default</effort>
-          <excludeFilterFile>findbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/findbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>