diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8c8dd34..25ec42c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ steps:
     image: alpine
     commands:
       - apk add --no-cache zip
-      - zip -r release.zip . -x '*.git*' -x 'node_modules*'
+      - zip -r release.zip . -x '*.git*' -x 'node_modules*' -x '*.drone.yml*'
   - name: gitea_release
     image: plugins/gitea-release
     settings: