diff --git a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
index a064421..e7d9579 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
+++ b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
@@ -1,47 +1,56 @@
-\./build.log
-\./.git
 /target/
-\.iml$
-\.versionsBackup$
-\./buck-out/
+\./.git
 \./\.buckd
-\./lib/BUCK
-\./lib/deps.json
-\./bucklets/maven_jar\.bucklet
-\./tools/build/libgen
-\./utils/osgiwrap/
-\./tools/dev/bin/
-\./tools/build/onos-validate-change-version
-\./tools/build/onos-change-version
-\./tools/build/onos-release
-\./tools/build/onos-build-release
-\./tools/build/onos-snapshot
-\./tools/package/archetypes/.*/archetype\.properties
-\./tools/package/maven-plugin/pom.xml
-\./tools/build/conf/pom.xml
-\./web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/TopologyViewMessageHandlerBase.java
-\./core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/VersionTest.java
-\./tools/package/yangtools/pom.xml
-\./tools/package/yangtools/src/main/resources/pom-template.xml
-\./utils/yangutils/pom.xml
+\./\.idea
+\./apps/p4-tutorial
+\./apps/kafka-integration/
+\./apps/linkprops/pom.xml
+\./apps/ofagent/pom.xml
+\./apps/openroadm/
 \./apps/openstackrouting/pom.xml
 \./apps/openstackswitching/pom.xml
 \./apps/vrouter/pom.xml
-\./protocols/ospf/
-\./protocols/snmp/
-\./protocols/restconf
-\./providers/snmp/
-\./providers/ietfte/
-\./apps/kafka-integration/
-\./pom.xml.versionsBackup
-\./tools/build/buck-publish-api
-\./tools/build/buck-plugin/BUCK
-\./apps/ofagent/pom.xml
+\./buck-out/
+\./buck-tools/onos_stage.py
+\./bucklets/maven_jar\.bucklet
+\./build.log
+\./core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/VersionTest.java
 \./core/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.java
-\./core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.java
 \./core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixAtomicCounterMapCommands.java
-\./apps/openroadm/
+\./core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.java
 \./drivers/huawei/driver
+\./lib/BUCK
+\./lib/deps.json
 \./models/openroadm/pom.xml
-
-
+\./out
+\./pom.xml.versionsBackup
+\./protocols/grpc/ctl/pom.xml
+\./protocols/ospf/
+\./protocols/restconf
+\./protocols/snmp/
+\./providers/ietfte/
+\./providers/snmp/
+\./sonar-project.properties
+\./tools/build/buck-plugin/BUCK
+\./tools/build/buck-publish-api
+\./tools/build/conf/pom.xml
+\./tools/build/libgen
+\./tools/build/onos-buck
+\./tools/build/onos-build-release
+\./tools/build/onos-change-version
+\./tools/build/onos-release
+\./tools/build/onos-snapshot
+\./tools/build/onos-validate-change-version
+\./tools/dev/bin/
+\./tools/gui
+\./tools/package/archetypes/.*/archetype\.properties
+\./tools/package/maven-plugin/pom.xml
+\./tools/package/yangtools/pom.xml
+\./tools/package/yangtools/src/main/resources/pom-template.xml
+\./tools/test/scenarios
+\./utils/osgiwrap/
+\./utils/yangutils/pom.xml
+\./web/gui
+\./web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/TopologyViewMessageHandlerBase.java
+\.iml$
+\.versionsBackup$