diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger_release.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger_release.yml
index 3c56a38ea..f19b83986 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger_release.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           mv PrismLauncher-macOS-Legacy*/PrismLauncher.tar.gz PrismLauncher-macOS-Legacy-${{ env.VERSION }}.tar.gz
           mv PrismLauncher-macOS*/PrismLauncher.tar.gz PrismLauncher-macOS-${{ env.VERSION }}.tar.gz
 
-          tar -czf PrismLauncher-${{ env.VERSION }}.tar.gz PrismLauncher-${{ env.VERSION }}
+          tar --exclude='.git' -czf PrismLauncher-${{ env.VERSION }}.tar.gz PrismLauncher-${{ env.VERSION }}
 
           for d in PrismLauncher-Windows-MSVC*; do
             cd "${d}" || continue