diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 085e94e..b277b38 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>log4j.xml</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>