diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-check-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-check-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
index 9e5379f9..ccaf9258 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-check-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-check-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ under the License.
           <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.pmd.stubs.DefaultConfigurationMavenProjectStub"/>
           <targetDirectory>${basedir}/target/test/unit/default-configuration/target</targetDirectory>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
-          <verbose>false</verbose>  
+          <verbose>false</verbose>
           <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
-          <excludeFromFailureFile>${basedir}/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/cpd_exclude.txt</excludeFromFailureFile>
+          <excludeFromFailureFile>${basedir}/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/my-exclude-cpd.properties</excludeFromFailureFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-report-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml b/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-report-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
index aace7439..83a5d455 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-report-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/cpd-report-cpd-exclusions-configuration-plugin-config.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ under the License.
             <compileSourceRoot>${basedir}/src/test/resources/unit/default-configuration/</compileSourceRoot>
           </compileSourceRoots>
           <sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sourceEncoding>
-          <excludeFromFailureFile>${basedir}/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/cpd_exclude.txt</excludeFromFailureFile>
+          <excludeFromFailureFile>${basedir}/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/my-exclude-cpd.properties</excludeFromFailureFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/cpd_exclude.txt b/src/test/resources/unit/excludes/my-exclude-cpd.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/unit/excludes/cpd_exclude.txt
rename to src/test/resources/unit/excludes/my-exclude-cpd.properties