diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd7c18b7a02..89f3e495751 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@
                             <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
                             <exclude>.java-version</exclude>
                             <exclude>.python-version</exclude>
+                            <exclude>systemvm/.pythen-version</exclude>
                             <exclude>.idea/</exclude>
                             <exclude>.metadata/**</exclude>
                             <exclude>.git/**</exclude>