diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 4fd2274..e694e3a 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+^CRAN-RELEASE$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^docs$
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$