diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 737bf70031..8505212d9f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<groupId>io.codearte.accurest</groupId>
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@
 				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>0.7.6.201602180812</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/HelpMojo.class</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>prepare-agent</id>