diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 3b6ec7deeb..1910ca81e0 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/generated/**</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/jmh_generated/**</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/generated-sources/**</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                     <addLicenseHeaders>true</addLicenseHeaders>
                     <copyrightMessage>Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench</copyrightMessage>