diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96dac4676abd67a968130d7814563eb7de11c25a..ab90868e9e8e143800751178609e43e0e1affd3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
                         <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
                         <exclude>CONTRIBUTING.md</exclude>
                         <exclude>bin/README.md</exclude>
+                        <exclude>PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>