diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a594bff8c4dbe8cd9c08ad628c195f0365bc8c00..78ce1ffaddfe989a9ef2bad168841b6c3c857fca 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ recursive-include compendium_v2/migrations/versions *
 include compendium_v2/migrations/alembic.ini
 recursive-include compendium_v2/background_task/xlsx *
 include compendium_v2/routes/survey_model.json
+recursive-exclude test *