diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c94e8082cfc185a1a8b39affa3c04e947e70917b..016f5e6b623ccd054d260464934df1a9c7917f88 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ zip:
     exclude:
       - ".gitlab-ci.yml"
       # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/11091#note_790389715
+      - ".git"
       - ".git/*"
       - ".git/*/*"
       - ".git/*/*/*"