diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 758f2777d74fbf024fe4f67050a0a8a685d51824..3cc1248180a2e88f906a26f360fb91cdc5beef42 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ deploy:
     - cd openharmony-readthedocs-aggregated
     - git checkout origin/main # only main for now - needs to match the rules
     - find . -maxdepth 1 -not -path ./.git -not -path . -exec rm -rf {} \;
-    - tar -c --dereference -C .. --exclude openharmony-readthedocs-aggregated --exclude ./.git . | tar -x
+    - tar -c --dereference -C .. --exclude openharmony-readthedocs-aggregated --exclude ./.git --exclude ./.gitlab-ci.yml . | tar -x
     # Commit and push back, if something changed.
     - |
       if [ -n "$(git status -s)" ]; then