diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 6790fd0..f6c9814 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
 ^revdep$
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
+^CONTRIBUTING\.md$
diff --git a/dev/0-dev_history.Rmd b/dev/0-dev_history.Rmd
index cac68ce..c53cb1f 100644
--- a/dev/0-dev_history.Rmd
+++ b/dev/0-dev_history.Rmd
@@ -192,6 +192,6 @@ usethis::use_logo("logo-maldipickr.svg")# later to fix #43
 # Ignore files during package build
 
 ```{r build_ignore, eval=FALSE}
-usethis::use_build_ignore(c("_pkgdown.yml", "docs", "pkgdown", "processed", "codecov.yml"))
+usethis::use_build_ignore(c("_pkgdown.yml", "docs", "pkgdown", "processed", "codecov.yml", "CONTRIBUTING.md"))
 ```