diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-charting-04c5f864-9d1e-4414-8db8-94e555e98372.json b/change/@fluentui-react-charting-04c5f864-9d1e-4414-8db8-94e555e98372.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e96b81e0efc412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-charting-04c5f864-9d1e-4414-8db8-94e555e98372.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "patch: publish dist folder that got removed due to node 16 upgrade",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-charting",
+  "email": "atishay.jain@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-charting/.npmignore b/packages/react-charting/.npmignore
index 55143c65bfd341..fd39939e9c5414 100644
--- a/packages/react-charting/.npmignore
+++ b/packages/react-charting/.npmignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ visualtests
 !lib
 !lib-commonjs
 !lib-amd
+!dist