prepare-release
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 921abe4..3cebaee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@
 			       			<exclude>**/static/js/*.js</exclude>

 			       			<exclude>**/app.*.css</exclude>

 			       			<exclude>**/readme.txt</exclude>

+			       			<exclude>**/.factorypath</exclude>

                         </excludes>

 		                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>

 		            </configuration>