diff --git a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
index 599a43d..3d4579a 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
+++ b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 \./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