diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d40192d26..616fb11f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@
             <exclude>bin/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
             <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>.checkstyle</excude>
 
           </excludes>
         </configuration>