diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 22a3a807f..343b168b0 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 ^Makefile$
 ^NEWS\.0\.md$
+^NEWS\.1\.md$
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^src/Makevars$
 ^CODEOWNERS$