diff --git a/.changeset/ten-cheetahs-sit.md b/.changeset/ten-cheetahs-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a424c9d0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-cheetahs-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rainbow-me/create-rainbowkit': patch
+---
+
+Exclude `CHANGELOG.md` when copying app templates
diff --git a/packages/create-rainbowkit/src/cli.ts b/packages/create-rainbowkit/src/cli.ts
index 6c8d4fa25e..845e8363c1 100644
--- a/packages/create-rainbowkit/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/create-rainbowkit/src/cli.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ async function run() {
       )
     );
 
-    const ignore: string[] = ['node_modules', '.next'];
+    const ignore: string[] = ['node_modules', '.next', 'CHANGELOG.md'];
 
     await cpy(path.join(selectedTemplatePath, '**', '*'), targetPath, {
       filter: src => ignore.every(i => !src.path.includes(i)),