diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d5799bd69..01bd2076a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # GitHub syntax highlighting
-pixi.lock linguist-language=YAML
+pixi.lock filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19ba96eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:bb220f5e8019daad5e75ab13a8f996b1580f2465ed7ead9ae230e4482e256f1e
+size 689632