diff --git a/km-rest/pom.xml b/km-rest/pom.xml
index d3821cc3..8814a8a5 100644
--- a/km-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/km-rest/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
                     <dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</dateFormat>
+                    <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
                     <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
                     <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
                     <format>json</format>