diff --git a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
index de38b8a..449c1fef 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
+++ b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@
 \./providers/snmp/
 \./providers/bmv2/
 \./drivers/bmv2/
-\./apps/kafka-integration/
\ No newline at end of file
+\./apps/kafka-integration/
+
+\./utils/atomix/pom.xml
+\./core/store/primitives/pom.xml
+\./features/features.xml
\ No newline at end of file