diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5353cb9..b0294f36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ venv*/
 ENV*/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
+__pycache__/
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 htmlcov/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6aa04cf..7d4a892b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ order-by-type = false
 ]
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
+assets = [
+  ".github",
+  "README.md",
+  "actions",
+  "workflows"
+]
 build_command = """
   python -m scripts.bump_version_in_files
 """