diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02e173be38fbb57515a2451fe842bda54076ce31..7904e99862033d4907e160dac75ce9d7b70328f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
                         <exclude>CONTRIBUTING.md</exclude>
                         <exclude>bin/README.md</exclude>
                         <exclude>PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/test/resources/certs/*</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>