diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c2a019d..fb0df40 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit >= 2.16.0; python_version>='3.9'",
 ]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+exclude = [
+    "/docstring_parser/tests",
+]
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79