diff --git a/release/release.gradle b/release/release.gradle
index fa96098344..bed0c5373b 100644
--- a/release/release.gradle
+++ b/release/release.gradle
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ distributions {
                     exclude( '**/.settings' )
                     exclude( '**/.nbattrs' )
                     exclude( '**/out/**' )
+                    exclude( '**/bin/**' )
                 }
             }
         }