diff --git a/ant/org.eclipse.ant.launching/pom.xml b/ant/org.eclipse.ant.launching/pom.xml
index 4920649..99c1206 100644
--- a/ant/org.eclipse.ant.launching/pom.xml
+++ b/ant/org.eclipse.ant.launching/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.ant.launching</artifactId>
   <version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
-  <properties
+  <properties>
     <defaultSigning-excludeInnerJars>true</defaultSigning-excludeInnerJars>
   </properties>