diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index 07cb7799a..915b19ad1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <testResources>
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/*.properties</include>
+                </includes>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </testResource>
             <testResource>
                 <directory>${basedir}/../src/test/resources</directory>
                 <filtering>false</filtering>