diff --git a/odfdom/pom.xml b/odfdom/pom.xml
index 068bf9033..f2c5a386e 100644
--- a/odfdom/pom.xml
+++ b/odfdom/pom.xml
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
                     <excludeProperties>
                         <excludeProperty>git.*.user.*</excludeProperty>
                     </excludeProperties>
+                    <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
                     <prefix>git</prefix>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
                     <skipPoms>false</skipPoms>
diff --git a/validator/pom.xml b/validator/pom.xml
index d6cfefa2d..4fd55408b 100644
--- a/validator/pom.xml
+++ b/validator/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
+                    <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
                     <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/.git</dotGitDirectory>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>