diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 26809ef598d..e9663bd28a3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           root: .
           paths:
             - ./bin
-            - ./.git
 
   deploy-job:
     docker:
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Release package to github
-          command: bin/ghr -u "ValiMail" -r "terraform-provider-aws" "${CIRCLE_TAG}" "bin/darwin_amd64/terraform-provider-aws_${CIRCLE_TAG}"
+          command: bin/ghr -u "ValiMail" -r "terraform-provider-aws" "${CIRCLE_TAG}" "bin/darwin_amd64/terraform-provider-aws_${CIRCLE_TAG}.gz"
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
index 4274217c949..3b024204c41 100755
--- a/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/scripts/package.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ cd "${GOPATH}/${SRC_ROOT}"
 mkdir -p "${DEST}"
 
 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o "${DEST}/terraform-provider-aws_${CIRCLE_TAG}" terraform-provider-aws/main.go
+gzip "${DEST}/terraform-provider-aws_${CIRCLE_TAG}"