diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_repo.yml b/.github/workflows/package_repo.yml
index ec3cefc..cef1846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_repo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_repo.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         tag_name="${{ env.TAG_NAME }}"
         mkdir temp_directory
-        cp -r * temp_directory
+        rsync -av --exclude='.github' * temp_directory
         zip -r "$tag_name.zip" temp_directory
 
     - name: Upload ZIP Archive