diff --git a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
index 0e56108..72d09e8 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
+++ b/tools/build/onos-validate-change-version.excludes
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 \./lib/deps.json
 \./bucklets/maven_jar\.bucklet
 \./tools/build/libgen
+\./tools/build/onos-build-release
 \./utils/osgiwrap/
 \./tools/build/onos-validate-change-version
 \./tools/build/onos-change-version