diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
index 7ecc9b61cb..02ba84c006 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.prettierignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
 bin/
+{%- if rocrate %}
+ro-crate-metadata.json
+{%- endif %}