diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ebfb91b384200dbed1f52097d9d1c2a9303371b..760e79917dcbed4f69b9c0ef9c1222378f355f3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 						<exclude>experiments/**</exclude>
 						<exclude>run-configurations/**</exclude>
 						<exclude>target/**</exclude>
-						<exclude>pom.xml</exclude>
+						<exclude>*.xml</exclude>
 					</excludes>
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>