diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a06753d..cd57285 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           php_version: ${{ matrix.php }}
 
       - name: Archive build
-        run: mkdir /tmp/github-actions/ && tar -cvf /tmp/github-actions/build.tar ./
+        run: mkdir /tmp/github-actions/ && tar --exclude=".git" -cvf /tmp/github-actions/build.tar ./
 
       - name: Upload build archive for test runners
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4