diff --git a/src/cli/pack_command.zig b/src/cli/pack_command.zig
index 3518d52956..3b67ccb81c 100644
--- a/src/cli/pack_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/pack_command.zig
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ pub const PackCommand = struct {
         if (dir_depth == 1) {
             // first, check files that can never be ignored. project root
             // directory only
-            if (isUnconditionallyIncludedFile(entry_name) or isSpecialFileOrVariant(entry_name, "CHANGELOG")) {
+            if (isUnconditionallyIncludedFile(entry_name)) {
                 return null;
             }
 
diff --git a/test/cli/install/bun-pack.test.ts b/test/cli/install/bun-pack.test.ts
index ea3693d1e6..3767bf19f5 100644
--- a/test/cli/install/bun-pack.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/install/bun-pack.test.ts
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ describe("files", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  test(".npmignore cannot exclude CHANGELOG", async () => {
+  test(".npmignore can exclude CHANGELOG", async () => {
     await Promise.all([
       write(
         join(packageDir, "package.json"),
@@ -949,9 +949,6 @@ describe("files", () => {
     const tarball = readTarball(join(packageDir, "pack-files-changelog-1.1.2.tgz"));
     expect(tarball.entries).toMatchObject([
       { "pathname": "package/package.json" },
-      { "pathname": "package/CHANGELOG" },
-      { "pathname": "package/CHANGELOG.md" },
-      { "pathname": "package/CHANGELOG.txt" },
     ]);
   });