diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index cb49b0d39b..d72f91d293 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>META-INF/fabric8/*.yml</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>