diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1100b988..404cdf2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ buildNumber.properties
 .travis/settings.xml
 .vscode/
 *.log
+*.log.txt
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40888fcc..0281d79a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>**/logback.xml</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>