diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8749e5dadb..41efd15f5d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ Doxyfile                text
 /KeywordSearch/solr/bin/autopsy-solr  eol=lf
 /KeywordSearch/solr/bin/init.d/solr  eol=lf
 /KeywordSearch/solr/bin/post  eol=lf
-/KeywordSearch/solr/bin/solr  eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
+/KeywordSearch/solr/bin/solr  eol=lf
+
+# ensure properties files and xml files in the platform don't get changed during the build
+/netbeans-plat/15/**/*.properties eol=lf
+/netbeans-plat/15/**/*.xml eol=lf
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