diff --git a/src/conf/findbugs-exclude-filter.xml b/src/conf/findbugs-exclude-filter.xml
index e681a70..8f61cde 100644
--- a/src/conf/findbugs-exclude-filter.xml
+++ b/src/conf/findbugs-exclude-filter.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
   false positive nature should be analyzed individually and then added
   here so findbugs will ignore them.
 -->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
+<FindBugsFilter
+    xmlns="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/3.1.0/spotbugs/etc/findbugsfilter.xsd">
 
 </FindBugsFilter>