diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d057fb9f405..19e4d35f32c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@
             <excludeSubProjects>false</excludeSubProjects>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>CHANGES</exclude>
+              <exclude>CHANGES.md</exclude>
               <exclude>INSTALL.md</exclude>
               <exclude>.idea/</exclude>
               <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>