diff --git a/templates/module-release.yml b/templates/module-release.yml
index 2b909e8325c43b0c8808ef5cbcbb7b067b169d31..08c4f066ad9a5350219f04debb404fa9353a8a76 100644
--- a/templates/module-release.yml
+++ b/templates/module-release.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ spec:
       -C "$GITLAB_TOFU_ROOT_DIR"
       --exclude=./.git
       --exclude=./.terraform*
+      --exclude-ignore=.tarignore
       .
     - >-
       curl