diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 6c8b4c4c0..298886f43 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ docs/clang-format.txt$
 docs/doxygen-doc/.*
 examples/xml_py/copied/
 examples/xml_py/graph.*
+sonar-project.properties
 src/Makefile$
 src/Makefile_obj$
 include/verilated.mk$
diff --git a/.sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from .sonar-project.properties
rename to sonar-project.properties