diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ceeaeea..754b526 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # exclude .gitattributes (this file) and similar from the release zip file
 .git*          export-ignore
 # exclude README.md from the release zip file
-README.md      export-ignore
\ No newline at end of file
+README.md      export-ignore
+# exclude version.txt from the release zip file
+version.txt    export-ignore