diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 26f9401f2..08f6dfc08 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ exclude .coveragerc
 exclude .editorconfig
 exclude .readthedocs.yml
 exclude codecov.yml
+exclude renovate.json
 global-exclude .git*
 global-exclude *.pyc
 global-exclude *.so