diff --git a/opennlp-eval-tests/pom.xml b/opennlp-eval-tests/pom.xml
index 59e0daab0..d766293c1 100644
--- a/opennlp-eval-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-eval-tests/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>**/*Eval.java</include>
               </includes>
-              <excludedGroups combine.self="override"/>
+              <excludedGroups combine.self="override" />
               <groups>opennlp.tools.HighMemoryUsage</groups>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>