diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b9191a0d..ba2f31df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ categories = [ "security" ]
 description = "The canonical source of cryptographic ground-truth for all IOTA Rust projects"
 homepage = "https://iota.org"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/crypto.rs"
+exclude = ["/tests", "/bindings", "/.github", "/.changes"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true