diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f91797faa9..188dfda800c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@
               <exclude>.git/</exclude>
               <exclude>.github/</exclude>
               <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
+              <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
               <exclude>git.properties</exclude>
               <exclude>.repository/</exclude>
               <exclude>.rat-excludes/</exclude>