diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb82a4a0fd..80ee75af77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <header>docs/licenses/mvn-license.txt</header>
+          <header>http://download.scm-manager.org/licenses/mvn-license.txt</header>
           <includes>
             <include>src/**</include>
             <include>**/test/**</include>
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
             <exclude>target/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.hg/**</exclude>
             <exclude>**/extjs/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/syntaxhighlighter/**</exclude>
           </excludes>
           <strictCheck>true</strictCheck>
         </configuration>